gastronomic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Explanation
The adjective gastronomic describes anything related to eating or preparing delicious food. You can describe your brother's unbelievable macaroni and cheese as a gastronomic triumph. If you live in a city that's well-known for its amazing restaurants, you're probably proud of its gastronomic fame. And you can likewise take some credit for your own gastronomic feats in the kitchen, from the homemade croissants to the roasted vegetable soup you've perfected. Gastronomic was coined in French from the Greek roots gaster, "stomach," and nomos, "law or custom."
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Besides his work with Slow Food, Petrini founded the international Terra Madre network for sustainable agriculture and the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
"The economics of one pub in one village does not often make sense," said Lubos Kastner, a restaurant owner and member of the Czech Gastronomic Institute.
From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2022
She graduated cum laude from Dartmouth and received a master’s degree in food systems from the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2018
SUN Gastronomic experience and culinary competition, chefs to vie for the title of Lamb Jam Seattle Champion, 2 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2018
We have introduced the Gastronomic Regenerator to public notice in that strain which its external appearance, its title, its scheme and its contents, demand and justify.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
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