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

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

adjective. In progress, happening.

noun. The process of preparing food by using heat.

noun. The process of preparing food.

noun. The result of that process, a meal.

noun. The style or genre of food preparation; cookery.

verb. Present participle of cook.

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

"Though he has made his name cooking Italian food, he occasionally calls upon his French training, he said, "to just make a dish better.""

Food & Dining  

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Browning  baking  boiling  braising  broil  

booking  brooking  hooking  looking  overcooking  

a la mode  calefaction  coction  cookery  cuisine  

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