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a person with refined tastes in food and wine
Thomas Jefferson was one of America's first great epicures
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Biggest Fear: Pain of their own insecurity, uncertainty. Type 7: The Enthusiast/Epicure
The enthusiast/epicure looks to explore all the wonders of life and are always on the hunt for new experiences and adventures.
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Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
Simic’s work is often described as surreal, darkly humorous, minimalist, the work of an impassioned epicure.
—Rowan Ricardo Phillips, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
Favorite cookbook?Book series by Rosanjin (Kitaoji Rosanjin, Japanese artist and epicure).
—Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2014
The flaneur was a familiar figure in nineteenth-century Paris: a solitary, quasi-artistic man (though not always) who strolled the streets like an urban epicure.
—Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
An epicure is particular about his pleasures; a snob is particular about everyone else’s pleasures, forever lecturing others about their tastes in music, clothes, restaurants, and their general modes of life.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
Visitors to downtown Napa can further embrace their inner epicure at the Oxbow Public Market, a food hall included by Times travel writer Christopher Reynolds on his list of the 40 best autumn experiences in California.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
The Portland, Maine, seafood epicure offers a wide assortment of caviars from around the world and outstanding collections like this Royal Osetra Tasting.
—Megan Murphy, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2021
Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure’s nose.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
Simic’s work is often described as surreal, darkly humorous, minimalist, the work of an impassioned epicure.
—Rowan Ricardo Phillips, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
Favorite cookbook?Book series by Rosanjin (Kitaoji Rosanjin, Japanese artist and epicure).
—Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2014
The flaneur was a familiar figure in nineteenth-century Paris: a solitary, quasi-artistic man (though not always) who strolled the streets like an urban epicure.
—Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
An epicure is particular about his pleasures; a snob is particular about everyone else’s pleasures, forever lecturing others about their tastes in music, clothes, restaurants, and their general modes of life.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
Visitors to downtown Napa can further embrace their inner epicure at the Oxbow Public Market, a food hall included by Times travel writer Christopher Reynolds on his list of the 40 best autumn experiences in California.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
The Portland, Maine, seafood epicure offers a wide assortment of caviars from around the world and outstanding collections like this Royal Osetra Tasting.
—Megan Murphy, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2021
Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure’s nose.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
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“Epicure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epicure. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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