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This week, in honor of Best Steel Day, I have a quick and dirty tip about the difference

between a gourmet and a gourmand.

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And now onto some tricky words from French.

Sometimes people confuse the words gourmet and gourmand, because the words sound similar

and they both have to do with food.

Both a gourmet and a gourmand love food, but they love it differently.

And both words come from French, but surprisingly, even though they sound so much alike, they

have different roots.

Gourmand comes from a French word that means glutton, and a gourmand is indeed a glutton

of food and drink.

For example, you might say, Hans saw the buffet as an opportunity to be a gourmand trying

every item available.

Gourmet comes straight from the French word gourmet, and is a positive word that describes

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