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cookery

American  
[kook-uh-ree] / ˈkʊk ə ri /

noun

Chiefly British.
cookeries plural
  1. the art or practice of cooking.

  2. a place equipped for cooking.


cookery British  
/ ˈkʊkərɪ /

noun

  1. the art, study, or practice of cooking

  2. a place for cooking

  3. a cookhouse at a mining or lumber camp

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of cookery

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English cokerie, kokery; see origin at cook 1, -ery

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Mrs. Longone also sourced a copy of the “Jewish Cookery Book,” an 1871 volume that, according to the Forward, is generally believed to the first Jewish cookbook published in the United States.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

He wrote in "American Cookery" that it may have been inspired by a version made by 19th century railroad workers, derived from egg foo young.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2022

Paul Levy, chairman emeritus of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, of which Ms. Roden was a founding member, said her scholarship on food was part of a growing cultural trend.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2021

The prolific author, who co-founded the Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland with her brother, has filled her latest cookbook with 100 recipes that she describes as essential.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2021

Cookery is of the lowest grade; nearly every day sees the same dishes, and those, also, which are prepared with the least trouble.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various

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