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It followed naturally that gourmandism should be neither gluttony nor voracity but "the impassioned, considered and habitual preference for whatever pleases the taste."

From Time Magazine Archive

Do you remember dear old Paoletti, Dolly, who used to serve up those delicious little macaroni suppers long ago in our own room?—cheating us into gourmandism by the trick of deceit!

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

It is unalterably opposed to runaway fads, chimerical visions, unstrung nerves, mental aberration, psychic gourmandism.

From Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success by Haddock, Frank C. (Frank Channing)

His gourmandism was a highly agreeable trait; and to hear him talk of roast meat was as appetizing as a pickle or an oyster.

From The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A shameless blend of petty larceny, mendacity, fleas, gourmandism, dirt and unequalled plausibility.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 26, 1917 by Various