Cookery vs. Cooking — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cookery and Cooking
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Definitions
Cookery
The art or practice of preparing food.
Cooking
Cooking, cookery, or culinary arts is the art, science, and craft of using heat to prepare food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting local conditions.
Cookery
A place for cooking.
Cooking
To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat.
Cookery
The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
Henry was not very good at cookery and most of his meals ended up burned.
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Cooking
To prepare or treat by heating
Slowly cooked the medicinal mixture.
Cookery
(obsolete) A delicacy; a dainty.
Cooking
(Slang) To alter or falsify so as to make a more favorable impression; doctor
Disreputable accountants who were paid to cook the firm's books.
Cookery
(archaic) Cooking tools or apparatus.
Cooking
To prepare food for eating by applying heat.
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Cookery
(archaic) A place where cooking is done.
Cooking
To undergo application of heat especially for the purpose of later ingestion.
Cookery
The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat; cooking.
Cooking
(Slang) To happen, develop, or take place
What's cooking in town?.
Cookery
A delicacy; a dainty.
Cooking
(Slang) To proceed or perform very well
The band really got cooking after midnight.
Cookery
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
Cooking
A person who prepares food for eating.
Cooking
(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
Cooking
An instance of preparing food by using heat.
Cooking
The result of preparing food by using heat.
Cooking
(uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
Cooking
(uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.
What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.
Cooking
(uncountable) The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house; cooking bitter or cooking lager.
Cooking
Designed for culinary purposes
I filled the cooking pot with water
I put a lid on the cooking pan
Cooking
(informal) In progress, happening.
The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.
Cooking
Present participle of cook
Cooking
The practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared; cookery.
Cooking
The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.
Cooking
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
