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  • What doesFood snobMean?

  • "Food Snob" is an English slang term often used  to describe a person who exhibits a high and  

  • sometimes pretentious level of attention to the  quality, preparation, and presentation of food.

  • This term is generally applied to individuals  who have very particular, often highbrow,  

  • tastes in food and who may look down on more  common or popular food choices. A food snob is  

  • not just someone who enjoys good food; they are  perceived to take their passion to an extreme,  

  • often expressing disdain for what they  consider inferior food or culinary practices.

  • Let's use it in sentences

  • "My food snob cousin refuses to eat pizza unless  it's baked in a wood-fired oven from Naples." 

  • "Our food snob friend insists on calling spaghetti  'pasta al dente with heirloom tomato reduction'." 

  • "I told my food snob brother that I liked  boxed wine, and he hasn't spoken to me since."

What doesFood snobMean?

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