(1) Opened 75 years ago, one of the hotel's earliest visitors was the crime writer Agatha Christie, who also fancied herself as a bit of a gourmand .

(2) Of course, the gourmand in them relish the food and wine.

(3) I think it's okay, which just goes to show that I'm not exactly a world-class gourmand ; but I like the idea that there's a better one out there, not too far away.

(4) Each room crammed full of stock was a gourmand 's delight - an endless supply of canned peaches, pears, pineapple, guavas, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry and apricot jam.

(5) The food is the best I've had in an institution - and believe me, by the end of the summer I had become quite the hospital food gourmand .

(6) He was what the French would call a gourmand and most psychiatrists a compulsive eater.

(7) For the gourmand there are homemade pickles and jams.

(8) At The Bamboo Hut, dig into the spread and savour some exquisite preparations that are sure to satiate the gourmand in you.

(9) After an appetizer like this, the grateful gourmand finds that he has regained his interest in dining.

(10) The Aurora is a gourmand 's delight, and there is little opportunity to go hungry - what with huge breakfasts, lunches and dinners punctuated by mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks.

(11) Like airline food, university cafeterias rarely have a strong and loyal following among the discerning gourmands they serve.

(12) There are very few salads that can so fully exercise the taste buds and provide the eye with such a visual feast, and few dishes that give gourmands such opportunity to play with different flavors and textures.

(13) For gourmands , there is a choice of four restaurants, including two speciality restaurants - Signatures and Latitudes.

(14) As gourmands for the night, we all mopped our plates appreciatively with fine home-made bread.

(15) In addition, the festival brings tourists and gourmands to the island.

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(18) The innkeepers, two unabashed gourmands by the name of Tony and Jerry, treat their guests to elaborate breakfasts and teas each day, and we quickly fell under the sway of their kitchen.

(19) The room was half filled with elderly contessas and solitary, beef-eating gourmands , with napkins stuck in their collars.

(20) Another food and drink festival is now over, but gourmets and gourmands alike will already be looking forward to whetting their palates at next year's.