gastronomy.
The art of preparing and eating good food.
Meaning & usage
The art of preparing and eating good food.
The restaurant industry.
The study of the relationship between food and culture.
The cooking of a particular area; cuisine.
The gastronomy of Mexico is world-famous.
Where this word comes from
From French gastronomie, from Ancient Greek γαστρονομία (gastronomía), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + νόμος (nómos, “knowledge, law”); by surface analysis, gastro- (“cooking”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).
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