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Gastronomy

//ɡæˈstɹɒnəmi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The art of preparing and eating good food. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food wordnet
  3. 3
    The study of the relationship between food and culture. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    a particular style of cookery (as of a region) wordnet
  5. 5
    The cooking of a particular area; cuisine. uncountable, usually

    "The gastronomy of Mexico is world-famous."

Etymology

From French gastronomie, from Ancient Greek γαστρονομία (gastronomía), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + νόμος (nómos, “knowledge, law”); by surface analysis, gastro- (“cooking”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).

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