gourmania en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of gourmet + mania.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Enthusiasm for preparing and/or eating good food.
Writer Judith Moore remembers "gourmania" sweeping her Oregon college town in the 1970s as adventurous gourmets strove to outdo each other with Greek or Provençal menus, complete with home-butchered rabbit.
2009 October 6, Amy Pataki, “Foodies mourning Gourmet”, in Toronto Star:Sliced any way, however, gourmania means big business.
1970, Business Week, numbers 2114-2121, page 284: