cookery

noun4

1. •
   The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.

   • Henry was not very good at cookery and most of his meals ended up burned.
2. •
   (no longer used) Cooking tools or apparatus.

   • She directed the servants, inspected both the cookery and arrangements of the table, held council with an old steward... — 1800
3. •
   (no longer used) A place where cooking is done.
4. •
   (no longer used) A delicacy; a dainty.

   • I've got a bit of cookery that will astonish him — my marinated pheasants' poults a la braise imperiale. — 1839