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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cooking
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cooking apple
catering/restaurant/cooking facilities
▪ The rooms all have cooking facilities and a fridge.
cooking apple
cooking chocolate (=chocolate to use in cooking)
▪ Melt the cooking chocolate and spread it over the tray.
cooking instructions
▪ The cooking instructions can be found on the side of the packet.
cooking oil
cooking tips
▪ Most recipes come with added cooking tips.
do the shopping/cleaning/ironing/cooking etc
▪ Who does the cooking in your family?
home cooking
▪ good old-fashioned home cooking
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
basic
▪ In hospital environments basic services such as cooking and laundry were organized centrally and cleaning was undertaken by domestics.
▪ People will find it progressively difficult to meet their basic need for cooking energy.
▪ The rooms are clean and comfortable and all have basic cooking facilities.
▪ Of the six basic housework tasks cooking is, according to these women, potentially the most enjoyable activity.
good
▪ Having said that, it's a convenient - though quite pricey - way to buy a good quality cooking outfit.
▪ Instead, it gives a few lines of new advice on better cooking methods.
▪ So, to bring out the best in your cooking make sure you use the purest soy sauce, Kikkoman Soy Sauce.
▪ A continental breakfast, with cheeses and meats, is served and dinner is four courses and consists of good home cooking.
▪ Left-over Stilton is very good for cooking and is an affordable substitute for Roquefort.
▪ And the other girls didn't seem to be any good at cooking.
▪ It is safer to cook the stuffing separately from the turkey to give the turkey a better chance of cooking right through.
▪ It is often referred to as baker's cheese and is, as implied, very good for cooking.
traditional
▪ Recession has put traditional country cooking firmly back on the menu.
▪ But there are now several recognised cooking methods that not only maintain the standards of traditional cooking, but improve on them.
▪ All these functions can be combined to give you the advantages of traditional cooking in less than half the normal cooking time.
▪ Persevere Enjoy traditional home cooking in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
■ NOUN
home
▪ Fine home cooking and all the other special comforts you would expect in this beautifully restored home.
▪ Excellent home cooking with choice of menu.
▪ Breakfast is continental style and dinners are tasty home cooking with a choice of menu.
▪ Good home cooking is served and fresh local and garden produce are used.
▪ This hotel has an excellent reputation for its home cooking.
▪ A continental breakfast, with cheeses and meats, is served and dinner is four courses and consists of good home cooking.
▪ It's big healthy hunks of wholesome home cooking served to a joyous family gathering.
▪ Persevere Enjoy traditional home cooking in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
time
▪ A shelf allows more food to be cooked at the same time, though the cooking times will be longer.
▪ Increase the cooking time if you like your lamb well done.
▪ Calculate the cooking time by using the bird's stuffed weight.
▪ Power is instantaneous, which means that no preheating time is required, so overall cooking times are reduced.
▪ The meat is then replaced into the oven and set on combi-steaming for the rest of the cooking time.
▪ All these functions can be combined to give you the advantages of traditional cooking in less than half the normal cooking time.
▪ The combination of these methods provides optimum cooking quality and shorter cooking times of up to five times less than conventional methods.
▪ Be guided by the cooking time on the packet and always taste the pasta yourself to check that it is not overcooked.
times
▪ A shelf allows more food to be cooked at the same time, though the cooking times will be longer.
▪ Power is instantaneous, which means that no preheating time is required, so overall cooking times are reduced.
▪ The combination of these methods provides optimum cooking quality and shorter cooking times of up to five times less than conventional methods.
▪ Simply look up the cake tin size in the charts on pages 8-12 for all the ingredients, quantities and cooking times.
■ VERB
enjoy
▪ Instead, he became a professor of immunology but says that he still enjoys cooking.
▪ She enjoyed cooking, and sewing, and listening to other people's adventures.
▪ I enjoy keep-fit, cooking, crosswords, kids and anything exciting.
▪ Both enjoy cooking, appreciate good food and love entertaining.
▪ She enjoys the cooking and it shows in her wholesome and hearty meals.
▪ Persevere Enjoy traditional home cooking in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
▪ She enjoys reading, cooking, arts and crafts, quizzes and good conversation.
like
▪ A lorry driver's wife: I do like cooking if I've got time to do it properly.
▪ He says he likes the cooking, woodwork and the teachers.
need
▪ The recipe here is for a simple marzipan that needs no cooking.
▪ The recipe given here is a quick-to-make fondant that does not need cooking.
▪ Couscous is an excellent base for hot and cold salads and it doesn't need cooking - simply soak it.
▪ It says they don't need any cooking but I rather wonder.
▪ There are many recipes but here's a specially easy one which needs no cooking.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be cooking
▪ Hey, guys! What's cooking?
▪ The band is really cooking tonight.
▪ Once in a while, think about why you are cooking, serving and eating together as a family.
▪ Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire.
▪ We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable.
▪ While boar is cooking, saute mushrooms in remaining 1 tablespoon of butter until lightly golden brown; set aside.
▪ While parsnips are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion and saffron in butter until soft but not browned.
▪ While sauce is cooking, in another large saute pan, saute apple wedges in butter until lightly browned.
▪ While the buns were cooking members were divided into teams.
▪ While the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock and allow to stand. 4.
be cooking (with gas)
▪ Laundry flew from the flagpoles; windows were broken or boarded-up; there were cooking fires in the roads.
▪ Once in a while, think about why you are cooking, serving and eating together as a family.
▪ Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire.
▪ The air was rippling with heat above the goats, as if they were cooking.
▪ The East Village was cooking then.
▪ While parsnips are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion and saffron in butter until soft but not browned.
▪ While the Quorn mixture is cooking, cook the rice according to the instructions.
▪ While the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock and allow to stand. 4.
ethnic cooking/fashion/design etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Do you do a lot of cooking?
▪ Gail's cooking is always good.
▪ His hobbies include cooking and wine-making.
▪ I can recommend that new Greek restaurant. Their cooking is excellent.
▪ Karen loves Italian cooking.
▪ Maybe you should take a Chinese cooking class.
▪ Southern cooking
▪ Stop criticizing my cooking!
▪ There's nothing like home cooking.
▪ Who does the cooking in your house?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All meals are provided and the centre specialises in vegetarian cooking.
▪ Because they can see nothing in front of them but cooking and scrubbing and mending ... and endless babies.
▪ Even though cooking may destroy the bacterial cells, it is unlikely to inactivate the toxin.
▪ He would give £5 to my mum for all the cooking and £5 to my father and £5 to my uncle.
▪ Jean-Claude Kausmann doesn't get involved in laundering in his own home - but he does do all the shopping and cooking.
▪ Their job is at home, in bed and then doing the cooking.
II.adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be cooking
▪ Hey, guys! What's cooking?
▪ The band is really cooking tonight.
▪ Once in a while, think about why you are cooking, serving and eating together as a family.
▪ Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire.
▪ We were cooking for ourselves so we settled in for the evening and made ourselves comfortable.
▪ While boar is cooking, saute mushrooms in remaining 1 tablespoon of butter until lightly golden brown; set aside.
▪ While parsnips are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion and saffron in butter until soft but not browned.
▪ While sauce is cooking, in another large saute pan, saute apple wedges in butter until lightly browned.
▪ While the buns were cooking members were divided into teams.
▪ While the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock and allow to stand. 4.
be cooking (with gas)
▪ Laundry flew from the flagpoles; windows were broken or boarded-up; there were cooking fires in the roads.
▪ Once in a while, think about why you are cooking, serving and eating together as a family.
▪ Soon I saw a small hut where an old man was cooking his breakfast over a fire.
▪ The air was rippling with heat above the goats, as if they were cooking.
▪ The East Village was cooking then.
▪ While parsnips are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion and saffron in butter until soft but not browned.
▪ While the Quorn mixture is cooking, cook the rice according to the instructions.
▪ While the rice is cooking, add the saffron to the stock and allow to stand. 4.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Add the tomatoes and some of the cooking water.
▪ That's cooking chocolate -- you shouldn't really eat it on its own.
▪ We keep all the cooking utensils on the bottom shelf.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
cooking

cooking \cooking\ n.

  1. the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared; cookery.

    Syn: cookery, cuisine, culinary art.

  2. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.

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Wiktionary
cooking

  1. (context informal English) In progress, happening. n. 1 The process of preparing food by using heat. 2 (context by extension English) The process of preparing food. v

  2. (present participle of cook English)

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WordNet
cooking

n. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" [syn: cookery, preparation]

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Wikipedia
Cooking

Cooking or cookery is the art, technology and craft of preparing food for consumption with the use of heat. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions and trends. The ways or types of cooking also depend on the skill and type of training an individual cook has. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments. Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions without the presence of heat, most notably with ceviche, a traditional South American dish where fish is cooked with the acids in lemon or lime juice.

Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans. Some anthropologists think that cooking fires first developed around 250,000 years ago, although there is evidence for the controlled use of fire by Homo erectus beginning 400,000 years ago.

The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new ingredients. New inventions and technologies, such as the invention of pottery for holding and boiling water, expanded cooking techniques. Some modern cooks apply advanced scientific techniques to food preparation to further enhance the flavour of the dish served.

Cooking (science)

In scientific culture, cooking is a term for falsifying data or selectively deleting data in an attempt to prove a hypothesis.

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Usage examples of "cooking".

The cooking, I can tell you, kept her nose to the pot, and even if there was nothing in it, even if there was no pot, she had to keep watching that it came aboil just the same.

English dishes, he was acquainted with the French system of cooking, and did fricandeaus, cutlets, ragouts, and above all, the excellent French soup, which is one of the principal glories of France.

The two women disappeared behind the afterclap, the canvas screen at the back of the wagon, and Sarah called for the servants to bring the copper hip bath and buckets of hot water from the cooking fire.

She smiled, watching with satisfaction as Alec tucked in to her cooking.

He sniffed the air, the scent a mixture of diesel oil and diesel exhaust from the emergency generator, ozone from the electrical equipment, cooking oil, lubricating oils, and amines from the atmospheric control equipment.

The electrical smell of the ship came into his nostrils, a brew of cooking oil, ozone, diesel fuel, cleaning solution, and amines, the perfume of it filling him with nostalgia.

We think that the ascorbic acid in the food from that last planet may be affected by the cooking process, so we need to test the food you served tonight.

Pliocene world would remember the last days at the auberge for French cooking, soft beds, and precious works of art.

Our cook is a gentle, avuncular Muslim called Doud whose careful rhythm of prayer and cooking and cleaning washes like a balm from his small inferno behind the dining room and soothes in waves across our house.

There is some romance in the San Francisco cooking, too, if the oldtimers who bemourn the old days only realized it.

Mad Binny was cooking up a love potion, either that or a batch of pollen butter.

The biogas rising from the pit was trapped and piped into the houses, to be used for cooking and lighting.

Dad said that Bish Ware had called in, with nothing to report but a vague suspicion that something nasty was cooking.

Fagging was not part of the official system at Spey, and he did not want the trouble of cooking another bloater if this one grew cold and, in his view, inedible.

Her herbroom was filled with the smells of cooking borage leaves for aches, teas of wild thyme to help clear lungs, pine oil to ease breathing.