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Tackling haute comfort food

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Published Friday, September 21, 2007
Dictionary.com defines a gourmet as “a connoisseur of fine food and drink” (in contrast to the French gourmand who only enjoys food and wine in excess). Seems simple enough, but the lifestyle of the gourmet only gets more complicated from there. The gourmet, apparently, must express an affinity for ‘exotic ingredients,’ possess copious amounts of culinary skill, and somehow, miraculously, acquire “an elaborately equipped … kitchen.”
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