gas·tron·o·my \-mē, -mi\noun (-es) Etymology: French gastronomie, from Greek gastronomia, title given to a 4th century B.C. poem also called Gastrologia, from gastro- belly + -nomia -nomy — more at gastrology, gastr- 1.: the art or science of good eating : epicurism 2.: culinary customs or style (as of a particular region) < why not introduce oriental gastronomy to the Western menu — Norbert Mühlen >