cookery
coo·kery
noun
1.
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
- “cooking can be a great art”
- “people are needed who have experience in cookery”
- “he left the preparation of meals to his wife”
Origin
From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.
Phrases
- cookery book
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