Did you mayhaps mean astronaut?
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A person with a keen appreciation for food.
Etymologies
- gastro- + -naut, by analogy with astronaut. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Food and travel go hand in hand, and for this reason I have coined the term "gastronaut," to describe myself and my penchant for trying anything edible at least once.”
“If you were to appraise him purely on the title of his blog, Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook, you'd be missing the more important traits of this learned gastronaut; in Hank you'll find a passionate artist and craftsman who pours himself into every dish he creates.”
“Jeffrey Steingarten writes in The Man Who Ate Everything (1997) that it is essential for the truly committed gastronaut to overcome food prejudices.”
“What irks me most about these arbitrary IT security policies is that they seem to be so far removed from reality and have so little consideration of the increase in cost if everyone were to actually follow them. gastronaut”
“Meanwhile, around the corner in the next room, I entered to hear Stefan Gates, self-styled gastronaut, food writer and TV presenter, tell the audience how he made a sponge cake from the E numbers in his body!”
“If you fancy yourself as a bit of a gastronaut, send your recipe in to silverhill@eircom.net.”
“A creative writer, gastronaut, and armchair orientalist, Michael Lukas has been a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey, a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Tunisia, and a waiter at the Bread Loaf Writers 'Conference in Vermont.”
“I'll be talking about it Saturday on A creative writer, gastronaut, and armchair orientalist, Michael Lukas has been a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey, a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Tunisia, and a waiter at the Bread Loaf Writers 'Conference in Vermont.”
“how utterly uninspiring, and i don't even work in machine tools. so i have changed the rules for myself, and added a footnote: 6. if you are a gastronaut, then grab the nearest food-related book.”
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whichbe "Mr. Thompson and the Alderetes are members of a billowing fraternity in the American tourism industry: vacationers who plan their travels primarily—often solely—around food and wine. They are, to coin a term, "gastronauts.'" (From Double-Tongued Dictionary) Jun 10, 2008