gastronomy

American  

[ga-stron-uh-mee] / gæˈstrɒn ə mi /

noun

1. the art or science of good eating.

2. a style of cooking or eating.

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gastronomy British  

/ ɡæsˈtrɒnəmɪ /

noun

1. the art of good eating

2. the type of cookery of a particular region

   the gastronomy of Provence

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Other Word Forms

• gastronomic adjective
• gastronomical adjective
• gastronomically adverb

Etymology

Origin of gastronomy

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

Explanation

Gastronomy is all about food — the study of food, the history of food, making good food — how we have come to eat what we eat. Despite appearances, gastronomy has nothing to do with gas (although if you eat a great deal of rich food from France, which is where we get the word, it may lead to the intestinal discomfort known as gas). Gastronomy concerns itself with the culture of your belly, gastro, in ancient Greek. In France, where they take their food very seriously, they have an entire academy devoted to the study of gastronomy, or gastronomie — as they say.

Example Sentences

They are collaborating with longtime locals to turn the central neighborhoods of this sprawling city into an unlikely hub for art, culture and gastronomy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

My mother shaped my love of gastronomy more intimately than Julia Child.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

But at Woohoo, the brains behind the menu is not a person but an AI programme -- known as chef Aiman -- trained on thousands of recipes and decades of culinary research and molecular gastronomy.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

Vinny needed several surgeries, and Blanco had to learn how to feed him six times a day — including the middle of the night — through a gastronomy tube.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

Without these qualities there can be no higher gastronomy.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers