culinary art

Other forms: culinary arts

Definitions of culinary art

1. noun

   the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
   synonyms: cuisine

   types:

   dim sum

   traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions

   haute cuisine

   (French) an elaborate and skillful manner of preparing food

   nouvelle cuisine

   a school of French cooking that uses light sauces and tries to bring out the natural flavors of foods instead of making heavy use of butter and cream

   rechauffe

   warmed leftovers

   gastronomy

   a particular style of cookery (as of a region)

   type of:

   cookery, cooking, preparation

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