A bon vivant is a person with cultivated, refined, and sociable tastes, especially with respect to food and drink.

美食家是有教养、雅致而爱交际的人，尤其在美食美酒方面很有品位。

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But they got off easy compared with those invited to the “Funeral Supper” of the 18th-century French bon vivant Grimod de la Reynière, held to promote his opus “Reflections on Pleasure.”

十八世纪的法国美食家格里莫•德•拉雷尼埃尔为了推销其著作《关于快乐之反思》，专门举办了一场“丧宴”。 那些被邀请赴宴的人们就没有那么幸运了。

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