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gastronomy

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gas·tron·o·my  (g-strn-m)
n. pl. gas·tron·o·mies
1. The art or science of good eating.
2. A style of cooking, as of a particular region.

[French gastronomie, from Greek gastronomi : gastro-, gastro- + -nomi, -nomy.]

gastronomy
Noun
the art of good eating [Greek gastēr stomach + nomos law]
gastronomic adj

gastronomy
the art or science of good eating. — gastronome, gastronomist, n. — gastronomie, adj.
See also: Food and Nutrition
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gastronomy - a particular style of cookery (as of a region); "New England gastronomy"
cuisine, culinary art - the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
2.gastronomy - the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
Translations
gastronomy [gæsˈtrɔnəmɪ] ngastronomie f
gastronomy [gæsˈtrɔnəmɪ] nGastronomie f
gastronomy [gæsˈtrɔnəmɪ] ngastronomia


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On the doorstep, she met the little urchin whose marvellous feats of gastronomy have been recorded in the earlier pages of our narrative.
As he was perfectly acquainted with the details of gastronomy, D'Artagnan and Aramis made no objection to abandoning this important care to him.
I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk's ideas of gastronomy.
 
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