[Sca-cooks] The passing of a cook

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/14/01 5:38:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
selene at earthlink.net writes:

<< The difference between a gourmand and a
 gourmet is a matter of quantity vs. quality. >>

gour*mand (noun)

[Middle English, from Middle French gourmant]

First appeared 15th Century

 1 : one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking

 2 : one who is heartily interested in good food and drink

 synonym see EPICURE

 -- gour*mand*ism (noun)

 -- gour*man*dize (verb intransitive)

I was using it in the sense of definition 2. ;-)

Ras