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The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.

Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. H. Rogers.

licum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum). Basil thyme, a name given to the fragrant herbs Calamintha Acinos and C. Nepeta. -- Wild basil, a plant (Calamintha clinopodium) of the Mint family…

mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc. , beaten together and used in cookery. King.

To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery. "To bone a turkey." Soyer.

(Cookery) A slice or piece of bread fried in butter or oil, on which anchovies, mushrooms, etc., are served.

rum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.

A large herbaceos plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a sald.

nd baked. Charlotte Russe (, or Charlotte à la russe Etym: [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.

Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.

s plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.

A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book. [U.S.] "Just How": a key to the cookbooks. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.

A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. Sir W. Raleigh.

t is pale yellow when pure (sp. gr., .92-.93). and is extensively used in soap making, in cookery, and as an adulterant of other oils.

cies of Vaccinium (V. Vitis-id), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called mountain cranberry.

Cream; -- a term used esp. in cookery, names of liqueurs, etc.

Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.

seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.

A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry. Curry powder (Cookery), a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.

The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc. [R.] R. Park.