Associations to the word «Cookery»

Wiktionary

COOKERY, noun. The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
COOKERY, noun. (obsolete) A delicacy; a dainty.
COOKERY, noun. (obsolete) Cooking tools or apparatus.
COOKERY, noun. (figurative) Making something appear better than it is; altering or falsifying records; 'window dressing'.
COOKERY BOOK, noun. Cook book
COOKERY BOOKS, noun. Plural of cookery book

Dictionary definition

COOKERY, noun. The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley