cookery

cook·er·y  (kk-r)

n. pl. cook·er·ies

1. The art or practice of preparing food.

2. A place for cooking.

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cookery

Noun

the art or practice of cooking Related adjective culinary

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cookery - 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" cooking, preparation change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics baking - cooking by dry heat in an oven toasting, browning - cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread" broil, broiling, grilling - cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) frying, sauteing - cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle fusion cooking - cooking that combines ingredients and techniques and seasonings from different cuisines braising - cooking slowly in fat in a closed pot with little moisture poaching - cooking in simmering liquid roasting - cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours" simmering, stewing, boiling - cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil tenderisation, tenderization - the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it percolation - the act of making coffee in a percolator seasoning - the act of adding a seasoning to food cuisine, culinary art - the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared challah, hallah - (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking Jewish rye, Jewish rye bread - (Judaism) bread made with rye flour; usually contains caraway seeds calamari, calamary, squid - (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food curry - (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice brown sauce, Chinese brown sauce - a sauce based on soy sauce caramelise, caramelize - convert to caramel caramelise, caramelize - be converted into caramel; "The sugar caramelized" alcoholise, alcoholize - make alcoholic, as by fermenting; "alcoholize prunes" alcoholise, alcoholize - treat or infuse with alcohol; "alcoholize the fruit and let them sit in the refrigerator" conserve - preserve with sugar; "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard" pickle - preserve in a pickling liquid salt - preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships" marinade, marinate - soak in marinade; "marinade herring" can, tin, put up - preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" brine - soak in brine fortify, lace, spike - add alcohol to (beverages); "the punch is spiked!" fortify - add nutrients to; "fortified milk" boil down, concentrate, reduce - cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" boil down, decoct, concentrate, reduce - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" bake - cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes" ovenbake - bake in an oven; "ovenbake this chicken" brown - fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan" coddle - cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs" fire - bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery" farce, stuff - fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?" baste - cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast" souse - cook in a marinade; "souse herring" micro-cook, microwave, nuke, zap - cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the leftovers" crispen, toast, crisp - make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes" shirr - bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs" parboil, blanch - cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them"

Translations

cookery [ˈkukərɪ] n → cocina

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cookery [ˈkukərɪ] cook n → cuisine f

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cookery [ˈkukərɪ] cook n → Kochen nt, Kochkunst f