as in cuisine
the art or style of preparing food (as in a specified region) tacos represented my introduction to Mexican cookery

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Recent Examples of cookery The one-day outdoor event includes more than a dozen chefs specializing in whole-animal cookery that includes cooking every part of a pig, duck, chicken, and more. Patrice J. Williams, Essence, 23 May 2025 Hazan, from Emilia Romagna, herself never criticized that Italian-American strain as did others who held her more northern cookery in higher esteem. John Mariani, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 Projects will include season two of her Netflix cookery show, her commercial enterprise As Ever, and her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 11 May 2025 Most importantly, the recipes are also easy to make and a perfect introduction to the flavors and techniques of Mediterranean cookery. Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cookery
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Noun
  • Local tools for local cuisine So two groups of Neanderthals managed to have strikingly different food cultures over a distance of just a few miles.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
  • American and European cuisines are not the most vegan friendly but broadening your palette will afford you more options.
    Brianna J. Heath, Essence, 16 July 2025
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  • Marija also leads hands-on cooking classes that begin at Dubrovnik's vibrant Gundulićeva Poljana Market, right in front of Pucić Palace Hotel (the city's only five-star hotel in Old Town).
    Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • For this reason, refined oils are better suited to high-heat cooking methods.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 18 July 2025

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“Cookery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cookery. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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