WordNet
n. the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared [syn: cuisine]
Wikipedia
Culinary art, in which culinary means "related to cooking", is the art of the preparation, cooking and presentation of food, usually in the form of meals. People working in this field – especially in establishments such as restaurants – are commonly called " chefs" or " cooks", although, at its most general, the terms "culinary artist" and "culinarian" are also used. Table manners ("the table arts") are sometimes referred to as a culinary art.
Culinarians are required to have knowledge of food science, nutrition and diet and are responsible for preparing meals that are as pleasing to the eye as well as to the palate. After restaurants, their primary places of work include delicatessens and relatively large institutions such as hotels and hospitals.
Usage examples of "culinary art".
Master Neb, who was skilled in the culinary art, knew how to vary agreeably the bill of fare.
Even the craziest of The Mount's crazies drooled over her culinary art.
Nothing, I thought, could be more mysterious than this natural instinct in a Savage for our culinary art.
The chase was evidently successful, and wonders in culinary art might be expected.
Our admiration for the Sumerian culinary art certainly grows as we come across poems that sing the praises of fine foods.
Wilkes's admirable attention to these, together with his wife's considerable knowledge of the culinary art, never caused them to question their Monday morning bill.
There was no doubt in my mind that it was of her own compilation and that it reflected her own tastes in the culinary art.
That had been one of the finest examples of the culinary art he had enjoyed in a stellar age.