epicurean

• Fate was hard on the kindly epicurean, who after his long toil had made his bed in the sun, on which he was preparing to lie down in genial content till the end came. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Gibbon, by James Cotter Morison
• I look down on it all as the epicurean gods do on the world without putting out a finger to save an empire; perhaps because they can't. —  The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II
• This last chapter is exquisitely epicurean, dealing with table-setting, table-service, and the proper order of entrees, roasts, salads, and dessert. —  George Washington's Rules of Civility
• "It's been great," said senior Art Richey, who came up with the idea for the epicurean odyssey.
• From communal style society restaurant tables for the epicurean explorers to rejuvenation zones which will provide a personal technology-rich haven before or after check-in, Denizen Hotels creates a living community, anticipating guest needs and desires in and outside of their rooms and suites. —  HotelChatter -

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