Word: gourmandism
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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Most restaurateurs suffer silently under a gourmand's assault, but they all frown on one particular variant, the Takeout Artist. At the Stockholm, for example, Manager White caught one soberly dressed couple making off with 4 lbs. of shrimp in a concealed plastic bag after they had finished dining. When White intercepted them, both complained angrily-and the woman dumped the smuggled shrimp on the floor at his feet. A pair of California counterculturists astounded the manager of Shakey's Pizza Parlor with the huge amounts of food they were putting away-until he found an excuse...
...Reynière, a serialized Dictionary of Gastronomy and reviews of restaurants at home and abroad that Claiborne hopes will ultimately reach from Peoria to Peking. "We mean to amuse and advise," wrote Claiborne in Vol. 1, No. 1. He promises "never to use the words gourmet, gourmand and epicure except in cases of extreme necessity...