Talk:Gourmet

message: This article may be a tad masturbative toward foodies. Especially the term "discriminating palate" may be a bit vacuous. SergioGeorgini 11:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I removed the use of "corruption". Hope that makes things better, rather than worse. 70.231.234.81 06:24, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: First header

message: Gourmet, French: Directly translated, means: "know it all" (savez-le tout but, demeaning slang). American marketing ran away with labeling everything “Gourmet” in the 1980's. How exactly a Gourmet Coffee knows anything, exactly, is the real question. In English: Calling anything a "know-it-all" sounds perfectly silly. A person is different, as in: “a Gourmet Chef” translated:  “a know-it-all head of a kitchen”. That translates better then “a know-it-all Café”.
I deleted the previous rant, altought I understand clearly the point of view of the editor, I think it was misplaced. If it were sourced, it could still be used but it should merit its own section, not the beggining of the article. Vicco Lizcano 17:50, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Research Rant at the beggining 

message: In connection with the WP:AfD nomination, and as a start towards figuring out just what's there so we can clean up the article, I've reorganized it into logical sections.  I've also reworded the descriptions to be more apt in my opinion and then attached citation needed tags - the old wording wasn't cited nor is mine so it's all up for grabs anyway.  I'm not advocating that one section should stay or go, just trying to organize so we can pull it apart and rewrite it if need be.  Wikidemo (talk) 23:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganization 

message: The term gourmet has as may meanings as there are people on the face of the earth.  How can one label sweetbreads a gourmet item without giving the same consideration to other peoples favorites like chicken gizzards or smoked hog jowls. It's just another one of those words that has a different meaning for each and every individual.  That wonderful Italian pancetta?  Why unsmoked hog belly.  Just call it gourmet and people will line up to pay triple the price for it. 69.130.72.203 (talk) 22:30, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  No real meaning for the term gourmet 

message: First, foodie is not a related term. That word has different meanings depending on what region you happen to be in.
Second, as typical with gourmet cuisine, the servings are usually smaller proportioned than their non-gourmet counterpart dishes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.146.144.86 (talk) 15:23, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two things 

message: "Gourmet may describe a class of restaurant, cuisine, meal or ingredient of high quality, of special presentation, or high sophistication. In the United States, a 1980s gourmet food movement evolved from a long-term division between elitist (or "gourmet") tastes and a populist aversion to fancy foods.[2] Gourmet is an industry classification for high-quality premium foods in the United States. In the 2000s, there has been an accelerating increase in the American gourmet market, due in part to rising income, globalization of taste, and health and nutrition concerns."
I thought wikipedia was supposed to be neutral. Is everyone in the world living in America? It is just one country, most readers don't care what happens there. References to America should be deleted.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.52.130.66 (talk) 21:29, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The answer is not to delete the sections about America, but to add content about other countries. Rua (mew) 22:02, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is the food section entirely about America? 

message: This article is entirely missing the Dutch use of gourmet. The Dutch kind of gourmet has little to do with fine food. Instead, it involves multiple people sitting at a table, with a little heated plate with mini pans, a "gourmet set" (do an image search to see). Small portions of food are cooked at a time, by each person at the table for themselves individually. :nl:Gourmetten covers it more. Rua (mew) 22:01, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gourmet in the Dutch sense