Cookery is the activity of preparing and cooking food.
The school runs cookery courses throughout the year.
cookery in British English
(ˈkʊkərɪ)
noun
1.
the art, study, or practice of cooking
2. US
a place for cooking
3. Canadian
a cookhouse at a mining or lumber camp
cookery in American English
(ˈkʊkəri)
noun
Chiefly British
the art, practice, or work of cooking
Word origin
ME cokerie
Examples of 'cookery' in a sentence
cookery
Days include visits to a reindeer farm and a wilderness cookery school.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Nine chefs took part in cookery demonstrations and nine craftsmen showed how to design creative artefacts.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has published three cookery books and opened a cookery school in Lancashire.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is available for diners and cookery school students.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They will also receive spending money and cookery lessons.
The Sun (2012)
There will be cookery demonstrations and outdoor activities and there is a spa for pampering.
The Sun (2011)
Three cookery programmes kitted up this week.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Spending money and cookery lessons are included.
The Sun (2012)
Cookery demonstrations and street theatre will add to the entertainment.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The live interactive broadcast is a refreshing change from the studio format of many cookery programmes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Some cut away after a while to cookery programmes and manga cartoons.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The government has already agreed to the preliminary recommendations that food and cookery lessons be made compulsory for the first time.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The on-site cookery school offers the chance to learn the recipes yourself.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There will also be cookery demonstrations, games and food stalls.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He's got a place at cookery school.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Following their preliminary recommendations, the government has agreed to make food and cookerylessons compulsory for the first time.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She could yet snag her own TV cookery series.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We were ahead of the curve on TV cookery.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
IT'S the TV cookery show that has us all reaching for our cake tins.
The Sun (2011)
It is easily the best cookery show on TV.
The Sun (2008)
Can we please see an end to the staggering amount of cookery shows on TV?
The Sun (2013)
Tonight, she is wearing her chef's hat for the cookery challenge series.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Quotations
If cooking becomes an art form rather than a means of providing a reasonable diet, then something is clearly wrongTom Jaine, Editor of The Good Food Guide
Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at allHarriet Van Horne
Life is too short to stuff a mushroomShirley ConranSuperwoman
The tragedy of English cooking is that `plain' cooking cannot be entrusted to `plain' cooksCountess MorphyEnglish Recipes
In other languages
cookery
British English: cookery /ˈkʊkərɪ/ NOUN
Cookery is the activity of preparing and cooking food.
American English: cookery
Arabic: فَنُّ الطَّبْخ
Brazilian Portuguese: culinária
Chinese: 烹调术
Croatian: kuhanje
Czech: kuchařství
Danish: madlavning
Dutch: kookkunst
European Spanish: cocina arte
Finnish: ruoanlaitto
French: cuisine nourriture
German: Kochen
Greek: μαγειρική
Italian: gastronomia
Japanese: 料理法
Korean: 요리법
Norwegian: kokekunst
Polish: sztuka kulinarna
European Portuguese: culinária
Romanian: gastronomie
Russian: кулинария
Latin American Spanish: cocina
Swedish: matlagning
Thai: การปรุงอาหาร
Turkish: aşçılık
Ukrainian: готування
Vietnamese: nghệ thuật ẩm thực
Chinese translation of 'cookery'
cookery
(ˈkukərɪ)
n(u)
烹饪(飪) (pēngrèn)
related words
related adjectiveculinary
subject word lists
See terms used in cookerySee cuisines and cooking styles
Quotations
If cooking becomes an art form rather than a means of providing a reasonable diet, then something is clearly wrong [Tom Jaine, Editor of The Good Food Guide]Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all [Harriet Van Horne]Life is too short to stuff a mushroom [Shirley Conran – Superwoman]The tragedy of English cooking is that `plain' cooking cannot be entrusted to `plain' cooks [Countess Morphy – English Recipes]