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Originally Posted by fsquared

Interestingly, I was flipping through my English dictionary for something, and found that one of the words on the top of the page was..."gourmandise"! As a noun in English, it apparently means "unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like". This is interesting, since it seems to refer to the "enjoyment", as opposed to the foods/etc. themselves.

I recall the discussion elsewhere about how "delicacies" is a bit skewed as a translation, since that word connote rarity and (in my mind anyway) small, carefully enjoyed quantities of some food (and is often used for things that are considered food in some cultures and not in others).

So, in French, can it refer to both the food/etc. being enjoyed, and the enjoyment itself?

i've read somewhere here that it can also mean like...over-indulgence, to the point of gluttony.