All gastronomy synonyms
gas·tron·o·my
G g noun gastronomy
- food — any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- cooking — Cooking is food which has been cooked.
- cuisine — The cuisine of a country or district is the style of cooking that is characteristic of that place.
- cookery — Cookery is the activity of preparing and cooking food.
- nouvelle cuisine — a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thickened sauces.