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Gourmet

Posted on29 Jul 2016
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Taster of wine. Dating from 1820 and from Old/Middle French groume, the term originally meant “wine-taster, wine merchant’s servant.” The term has...
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Hors d’œuvre

Posted on20 Jul 2016
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Outside of the main work/course. Literally, hors (outside) d’ (of) œuvre (work) means “apart from the work,” and thus, by extension, it was used to mean anything of secondary...
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