The pastoral emerges as a nexus of impulses, including epicurean licence, nostalgic escapism, sentimental heroism and chivalric ritual.
If he can find somewhere to park his car—and the earlier-built areas in particular are often a very tight squeeze—he then samples the epicurean delights of motorway catering.
She appears to cherish the epicurean lifestyles of the contemporary upper-class, while also critiquing the gross materialism of her era.
Songs would explore well-worn epicurean themes such as drinking and eating, though political and social songs also played an important part.
Her sandwiches include such epicurean delights as liverwurst and jelly.
It is often taken to be an epicurean declaration.
He also commonly presents himself as a humane liberal on the epicurean model.
First, it is a portmanteau of the words "epicurean" (which describes a seeker of luxuries, especially in food and comfort), and "curious".
