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Gourmand =/= gourmet
Lately I've seen a lot of writers use the word ''gourmand'' when they mean ''gourmet''. A gourmand is a big eater; a gourmet is a discriminating eater. And that's the same distinction as the one between an 18-inch stuffed-crust pizza and the Wabash Cannonball in the article. They might both contain the same number of calories, but if you really ...
Posted to Science by sugar_k on September 21, 2009