Gastronomy is the activity and knowledge involved in preparing and appreciating good food.
[formal]
Burgundy has always been considered a major centre of gastronomy.
gastronomy in British English
(ɡæsˈtrɒnəmɪ)
noun
1.
the art of good eating
2.
the type of cookery of a particular region
the gastronomy of Provence
Word origin
C19: from French gastronomie, from Greek gastronomia, from gastēr stomach; see -nomy
gastronomy in American English
(gæsˈtrɑnəmi)
noun
the art or science of good eating; epicurism
Derived forms
gastronomic (ˌgastroˈnomic) (ˌgæstrəˈnɑmɪk)
adjective or ˌgastroˈnomical
gastronomically (ˌgastroˈnomically)
adverb
Word origin
Fr gastronomie, after Gr Gastronomia, poem by Archestratus (4th c. b.c.): see gastro- & -nomy
Examples of 'gastronomy' in a sentence
gastronomy
What is clear is that much of the future of molecular gastronomy will be in the mind.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This is molecular gastronomy gone cosy and local.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My style of cooking is not molecular gastronomy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
All of which leads me to think that this whole molecular gastronomy thing is a very bad idea indeed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They were unspoken ingredient of contemporary Gallic gastronomy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They were at the heart of a revolution in British design and gastronomy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Will French gastronomy rise above the usual festival fare?
The Sun (2015)
It is the most exciting thing to happen in French gastronomy for a long time.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She is being hailed as the vanguard in a generation of women chefs changing the face of French gastronomy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is the perfect base from which to explore a city considered by many to be the capital of French gastronomy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We watch TV shows about molecular gastronomy while munching takeaway fried chicken.
The Sun (2012)
With molecular gastronomy, gull's eggs are the least of your problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is fitting that an American should be the one to come to the defence of French gastronomy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His diatribe comes at a time when French gastronomy is struggling to restore a reputation battered by claims that it has been surpassed by many other countries.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Although keen to emphasise the cosmopolitan nature of British gastronomy, she insisted that cucumber sandwiches still had their place.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
French stars of gastronomy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Between indulging in the molecular gastronomy, try to wander by the formidably modern, stainless steel kitchen to watch the action.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Part art installations, part scientific investigations, they are molecular gastronomy writ large and play with our notions of what food should be.