"After eating, an epicure gives a thin smile……" — William Safire

After eating, an epicure gives a thin smile of satisfaction; a gastronome,… - William Safire
"After eating, an epicure gives a thin smile of satisfaction; a gastronome, burping into his napkin, praises the food in a magazine; a gourmet, repressing his burp, criticizes the food in the same magazine; a gourmand belches happily and tells everybody where he ate; a glutton empraces the white porcelain alter, or more plainly, he barfs."

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