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gastronomy

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An array of food at a Swedish smorgasbord

Etymology

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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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Noun

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gastronomy (usually uncountable, plural gastronomies)

  1. The art of preparing and eating good food.
  2. The restaurant industry.
    • 2020 January 20, Andrzej Kowalczyk, Marta Derek, Gastronomy and Urban Space: Changes and Challenges in Geographical Perspective, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 94:
      This does not mean, however, that activity in the restaurant business is predictable, economically safe and stable. According to some authors (Longart 2015, p. 1) as the gastronomy sector is one of the easiest to enter there is a constant threat of new competition.
    • 2020 May 14, “City of Vienna issues gastronomy vouchers for every household”, in EU Policy Watch‎[1]:
      It is against this background that the city of Vienna, in collaboration with the Vienna Economic Chamber, has decided to issue vouchers, to be spent in the Viennese gastronomy.
    • 2022 September 8, Enrique Coraza de los Santos, Luis Alfredo Arriola Vega, Crises and Migration: Critical Perspectives from Latin America, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 115:
      She is a sociable person who easily adapts to new situations, her husband works in gastronomy and her children, who also play music, quickly adapted to their primary and secondary schools.
  3. The study of the relationship between food and culture.
  4. The cooking of a particular area; cuisine.
    The gastronomy of Mexico is world-famous.

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