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cookery

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cook·er·y  (kk-r)
n. pl. cook·er·ies
1. The art or practice of preparing food.
2. A place for cooking.

cookery [ˈkʊkərɪ]
n
1. (Cookery) the art, study, or practice of cooking
2. (Cookery) US a place for cooking
3. (Cookery) Canadian a cookhouse at a mining or lumber camp
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cookerycookery - 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"
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"

cookery noun
Related words
adjective culinary
Quotations
"Cookery has become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen" [Robert Burton Anatomy of Melancholy]
"If cooking becomes an art form rather than a means of providing a reasonable diet, then something is clearly wrong" [Tom Jaine, Editor of The Good Food Guide]
"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all" [Harriet Van Horne]
"Life is too short to stuff a mushroom" [Shirley Conran Superwoman]

Cookery

General cookery terms  à la king, à la mode, antipasto, au gratin, au jus, au lait, au naturel, bake, barbecue or (Austral. slang) barbie, bard or barde, baste, batter, blackened, blanch, boil, boil-in-the-bag, braise, broth, browning, caramelise, carbonado, casserole, caterer, chafing dish, char-grill, chasseur, chef, cobbler, coddle, colander, commis, confectioner, consommé, cook, cookbook or cookery book, cook-chill, corned, creole, cuisine, cuisine minceur, cured, curried, custard, dice, dough, dressing, en brochette, en croute, entrée, entremets, fajita, farci, fillet, flambé, flour, fondue, fricassee, fry, fumet, garnish, gelatine, ghee, giblets, glacé, glaze, goujon, goulash, grate, gravy, grill, hors d'oeuvre, ice, icing, jardinière, jerk, julienne, knead, ladle, lard, lardon or lardoon, leaven, liaison, luau, lyonnaise, macedoine, marengo, marinade, marinate, marmite, mask, mash, médaillons or medallions, meunière, meze, mirepoix, mornay, Newburg, nouvelle cuisine, offal, oven-ready, panada, parboil, Parmentier, paste, poach, potage, Provençale, purée, ragout, rijstaffel, rise, rissole, roast, roulade, roux, royal icing, salipicon, sauce, sauté, scramble, season, silver service, sippet, smoked, soup, steam, stew, stock, stroganoff, supreme, sweat, sweet-and-sour, tandoori, tenderize, teriyaki, tikka, timbale, topping, undressed, unleavened, unsmoked, whip, wholemeal or (chiefly U.S. and Canad.) wholewheat, wholemeal flour or (chiefly U.S. and Canad.) Graham flour, yeast
Translations
cookery [ˈkʊkərɪ]
A. Ncocina f
French cookeryla cocina francesa
I'm no good at cookeryyo no sé nada de cocina
B. CPD cookery book N (Brit) → libro m de cocina
cookery course Ncurso m de cocina

cookery [ˈkʊkəri] ncuisine f
cookery book n (British) = cookbook

cookery
nKochen nt (also Sch), → Kochkunst f; French cookeryfranzösische Küche; cookery classesKochkurs m, → Kochkurse pl

cookery [ˈkʊkərɪ] ncucina (attività)
cookery [ˈkʊkərɪ] ncucina (attività)

cookery فن الطبخ kuchařství madlavning Kochen μαγειρική cocina ruoanlaitto cuisine umijeće kuhanja gastronomia 料理法 요리법 kookkunst kokekunst sztuka kulinarna culinária кулинария matlagning การปรุงอาหาร aşçılık nghệ thuật ẩm thực 烹调术


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We did every thing by mass-meeting, in the good old national way, from swapping off one empire for another on the programme of the voyage down to complaining of the cookery and the scarcity of napkins.
No the self-taught student of cookery was absorbed in her subject.
But the whole, to continue the same metaphor, consists in the cookery of the author; for, as Mr Pope tells us--
 
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