March 10, 2011  What does Gourmet mean to you?  Wikipedia states
that Gourmet (pronounced /ɡɔrˈmeɪ/) is a cultural ideal
associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or
haute cuisine, which is characterised by elaborate preparations
and presentations of large meals of small, often quite rich
courses.   I, personally, think that it has come a long way from
that definition.  I asked The Nudge over dinner, if he could sum
up that word in one sentence, what would it be? He pretty much
said "better quality food".  I said "attention to details".  I
imagine if you took a survey on the streets of any cosmopolitan
city you would get different answers then from the streets of an
rural city.   Well, people who have access to really good
restaurants and markets and pretty much can eat or buy any food
they want will have a higher expectation of what they consider
gourmet.  To a farmer in the middle of rural Kansas, he might
say "gourmet is eating in a restaurant, period".  I may be wrong
but I think the word