degustation
degustation
n.
tasting
Degustation
Degustation is a
culinary term meaning
a careful, appreciative tasting of various foods and focusing on the
gustatory system, the
senses, high culinary art and good company. Dégustation is more likely to involve sampling small portions of all of a chef's
signature dishes in one sitting. Usually consisting of eight or more courses, it may be accompanied by a matching
wine degustation which complements each dish.
degustation
Noun
1. taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most"
(synonym) tasting, savoring, savouring, relishing
(hypernym) eating, feeding
(derivation) degust
dégustation
nf.
tasting
Degustation
(n.)
Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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