From Schott’s Food and Drink Miscellany by Ben Schott
In order of decreasing refinement, the hierarchy of gastronomy is as follows
- Gastronome
- Gourmet – A connoisseur of food & drink
- Epicure – A Friand (cultured, having good taste)
- Gourmand – One who enjoys eating
- Goulu – Glutton
- Goinfre – A Greedy-guts
I’m sure that the term ‘Foodie’ should be there, but at the very bottom.
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I am between a Gourmand and a Goulu.