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gastronomy

gastronomy

3 7.0
A way of preparing and enjoying good food in a region's style
  • noun
  • /ɡæˈstrɒnəmi/
translation icon : gastronomía
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  • definition of gastronomy

I'm saying this because a lot of people categorize all type of restaurant as being molecular gastronomy cuisine.

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Examples

  • Bocadillos come in many forms, but the most popular reflect the gastronomy of Seville very well.

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  • That's a whole new world in gastronomy that's never been tapped into.

  • Tops for her in terms of gastronomy: Spain.

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  • In our world of gastronomy, there are definitely two Americas: the one before Julia, and the one after.

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  • In May, Jeonju was designated as a City of Gastronomy by UNESCO.

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  • In her introduction to An Alphabet or Gourmets, Fisher formulates a definition of gastronomy that also reflects the specific movement of desire that will run throughout the text.

    Academic text (2003)
  • In her preferred definition of gastronomy as art and science, Fisher forecasts what the structure of her text will bear out: that her desire expresses itself through a particular fantasy of coupling.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Using the alphabet as her organizing principle, she wrote a series of articles about gastronomy that Gourmet magazine was to publish monthly, beginning in November of 1948, and that Fisher later published in book form as An Alphabet for Gourmets.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Notwithstanding her view, she remains known for her copious body of writing on gastronomy and her English translation of Brillat-Savarin's famous 1825 treatise on eating, The Physiology of Taste, though she also wrote poetry, novels, a screenplay, essays, and stories, all on topics other than food.

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  • I enjoy exploring the unique gastronomy of different countries when I travel.

Synonyms

cooking
vsgastronomy
504 1.0

Preparing food by heating it, for example by boiling, baking, frying or roasting

is more than the act covering art style and cultural enjoyment
cuisine
vsgastronomy
112 3.9

A style of cooking typical of a country or region

focuses more on the artistic practice and enjoyment of food
cookery
vsgastronomy
  • UK
6 3.2

Skill in making food by mixing and heating ingredients

is broader and includes style art and cultural enjoyment
culinary art
vsgastronomy
  • Specialized
2 3.7

A skill for preparing and presenting food that people use as a job

includes that skill but adds cultural and enjoyment aspects
food culture
vsgastronomy
1 3.5

The ways people make, share, and eat food in a place

emphasizes artistic practice and enjoyment of food as a cultural expression

How Sophisticated

gastronomy
3 7.0
cuisine
112 3.9
cooking
504 1.0

Surface Forms

gastronomy singular
gastronomies plural

Morphology

gastronomy = gastro + nomy

The word is analyzable as the combining forms gastro- (stomach) + -nomy (management/rule), so the meaning is derivable in principle, but both elements are specialized combining forms rather than common standalone words and may be unfamiliar to average B1 learners.

Etymology

Gastronomy comes from Greek parts gastro- meaning 'stomach' and -nomy from nomos meaning 'law' or 'rule'. So, think of gastronomy as the 'rules of the stomach', the art and knowledge of preparing and enjoying good food.