cookery

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It is little used in English cookery, but a great deal in French, in which it is employed for soups, sauces, and salads.

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  1. noun The art or practice of preparing food.
  2. noun A place for cooking.

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  • Every thing was excellent in its kind, with only a little more garlic than is used in English cookery. —  Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823
  • A good breakfast cheered a stomach outraged by the greasy mess perpetrated upon native boats in the name of Spanish cookery, and a cool shower bath eliminated the stench of stale copra which had clung to his nostrils if not to his clothing. —  Terry A Tale of the Hill People
  • 'Can you read it There are a few words which I can't quite understand,' Charlie replied, for the cookery-book was an extraordinary work. —  Chatterbox, 1905.
  • A general error exists in America on the subject of French cookery, which is not highly seasoned, but whose merit consists in blending flavours and in arranging compounds, in such a manner as to produce, at the same time, the lightest and most agreeable food. —  Recollections of Europe
  • Don't delay Young Dyspeptics.--If we leave out of the consideration the effects of bad food and worse cookery, there is in our estimation no other cause so active in occasioning the early breaking down of the digestive organs of our American boys. —  Plain Facts for Old and Young
 

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  1. from Middle English cokcrie (= Dutch kokerij = Low German kokerie); from cook + -ery.
 

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/ˈkəkəri/
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