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The Word Is Gourmet
latimes.com 4 weeks agoAccording to "The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary," gourmet is defined as: n. A connoisseur in eating and drinking; a judge of good food. adj. Of the nature of a gourmet, of a kind or standard suitable for gourmets. When a friend asked me to pick up the sausages for the choucroute he was making Sunday night, he sent me to a wonderful shop in Glendale called Continental Gourmet Sausage Co. On the way back, or on the way somewhere that day, I passed Gourmet Delights and wondered just how many businesses
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2011 Was A Rare Year
forbes.com 3 weeks, 6 days agoThe Merriam-Webster dictionary provides the following definition for the word anomaly; "something anomalous: something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified." Looking back at the economic, political and market activity of 2011 one would think it could be described as an anomaly. I hesitate to label a market's action as odd or unusual because markets ...


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