gastronomy

[ ga-stron-uh-mee ]

noun

1. the art or science of good eating.
2. a style of cooking or eating.

gastronomy

/ ɡæsˈtrɒnəmɪ /

noun

1. the art of good eating
2. the type of cookery of a particular region

   the gastronomy of Provence

Other Words From

• gas·tro·nom·ic [gas-tr, uh, -, nom, -ik], gastro·nomi·cal adjective
• gastro·nomi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of gastronomy¹

1805–15; < French gastronomie < Greek gastronómia. See gastro-, -nomy

Word History and Origins

Origin of gastronomy¹

C19: from French gastronomie, from Greek gastronomia, from gastēr stomach; see -nomy

Example Sentences

The next time you find yourself scratching your head about what potato recipe to serve guests, try your hand at any of the countless cassava-based recipes that span our world’s diverse gastronomies.

From Eater

A win for local gastronomy, says Charles, and for the forest economy.

From Outside Online

But Jeff, who began his foray into pot gastronomy as a hobby, is rapidly turning it into a full-time pot-repreneurial business.

From The Daily Beast

I was lunching with an old friend at one of our favorite farm-to-table molecular gastronomy food trucks in Larchmont proper.

From The Daily Beast

Now we have molecular gastronomy, which is using lots of new techniques.

From The Daily Beast

He has a doctorate in art history from Oxford University, and has written on aesthetic topics ranging from Facebook to gastronomy.

From The Daily Beast

This city has every single level of gastronomy that one can imagine.

From The Daily Beast

On the importance of this point his convictions were absolute, and gastronomy was the only science which he revered as dogma.

From Project Gutenberg

This must have had an excellent effect on the art of gastronomy.

From Project Gutenberg

This venta trait of Iberian gastronomy did not escape the compiler of Gil Blas.

From Project Gutenberg

He believed gastronomy to be one of the fine arts, and that he was its high priest.

From Project Gutenberg

The earliest legend which remains to us of Hellenic gastronomy is associated with cannibalism.

From Project Gutenberg