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.”