Magic79  +  483321 Fri, 29 Feb 08 07:16 PM The dictionary difines "gourmet" as the following: gourmet: adj. [only before noun]  producing or relating to very good food and drink: a gourmet cook gourmet dinners   Thus, gourmet meals are meals that are very very good meals. Then my question, is there any difference between: gourmet meals AND very very good meals? Magic79 Joined on Sun, Jul 2 2006 Full Member 225 Nouns, Difference Between

	Clive  +  483343 Fri, 29 Feb 08 08:41 PM Hi, There's not a lot of difference. However, 'a gourmet meal' focuses on the idea that this is a meal that is suitable for a gourmet. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,585 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Grammar Geek  +  483350 Fri, 29 Feb 08 09:02 PM It also has the idea that it's a bit "fancy." I may make the best hamburgers you've ever eaten, and I may have a secret way of baking my French fries with a special coating that makes the absolutely delicious, but burgers and fries will never be considered a gourmet meal.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,652 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Susankay  +  483369 Fri, 29 Feb 08 10:21 PM Gourmet meal may have more to do with the ingredients, than anything. McDonald's can be very, very good - but it is not gourmet! All natural, even organic, home cooked, from scratch, with attention to detail - that's how I define "gourmet meal" - so yes, it could even be a hamburger.     Susankay Joined on Sat, Jan 19 2008 Full Member 201

	Magic79  +  483741 Sat, 01 Mar 08 05:46 PM Thank you. So a gourmet meal is a meal that is has special ingredients and cooked with extreme professionality that it may appeal to gourmet people (people who are good at tasting food). So in this sense, it is a very very good meal. Thank you! Magic79