cookery
n.the art or practice of preparing and cooking food. You use this word to talk about the skill of making meals or the style of a specific region's food.
n.the practice or skill of preparing and cooking food. Often used to describe a specific style of food preparation or the study of culinary techniques.
“She is taking a class to improve her Italian cookery.”
“The library has an extensive collection of books on traditional French cookery and modern baking techniques.”
“While professional chefs often focus on technical precision, home cookery relies more on seasonal availability and the inherited wisdom of family recipes passed down through generations.”
Commonly used in British English; American English typically prefers the word 'cooking'.
From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.