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Science of good eating
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gastronomy
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gastronomy \Gas*tron"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. gastronomie.] The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Did that commingling of unrelated flavours remind me of another dish, or had it produced a breakthrough in gastronomy ? ▪ If you have an appetite for culture and gastronomy , the Western Loire is the place to go àlacarte. ▪ It ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1814, from French gastronomie , coined 1800 by Joseph de Berchoux (1762-1838) as title of poem on good living, after Gastrologia , title of a now-lost poem of antiquity, quoted by Athenaeus (see gastrology ). Berchoux's word is from gaster + nomos "arranging, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a particular style of cookery (as of a region); "New England gastronomy" the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The study of the relationship between food and culture.
Usage examples of gastronomy.
I again passed through Pittsburg, and over the Alleghany Mountains by Altoona, and down to Baltimore--back into civilization, secession, conversation, and gastronomy.
Tarantoga's cousin plans to write another book, later, about cultural differences in gastronomy and the influence of national character (the correlation between mint sauce and English spleen, for example, in the case of the loin chop).