GASTRONAUT

(GAS.troh.nawt)

n.

An adventurous eater.

I had some moments of cold sweat on Boxing Day, as several very seriousgastronauts sat in salivatory anticipation while my fonduta resolutely failed to thicken next door.

— Rowley Leigh, "Food & Drink Head for the Hills,"The Guardian(London), February 17, 1996

Astronaut Patrick Baudry, the first Frenchman to ride aboard a U.S.spacecraft, was disappointed in NASA's menu for space, so his space meals included crab mousse, rabbit stew and lobster in a cream sauce — prepared in France, canned and shipped to Johnson Space Center. Baudry also tried unsuccessfully to bring wine on the mission.

— Michael Hirsley, "Let's ring out the old year on a dubious note,"Chicago Tribune, December 29, 1985

This word combines the prefixgastro-, stomach, with the suffix-naut, sailor.

bird dog

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deprivation cuisine

foodcourt multiculturalism

gurgitator

molecular gastronomy

mouthfeel

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slow food

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truckonaut

turducken

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