gourmet cooking
Fine cuisine preparation
Gourmet cooking is the preparation of food with exceptional skill, high-quality ingredients, and attention to presentation.
It suggests refinement beyond everyday meal preparation—elaborate techniques, premium components, and artful plating: She took classes in gourmet cooking.
The term can also describe food that merely aspires to sophistication: The frozen dinner promised gourmet cooking in minutes.
- Michelin starFine dining excellence rating
- foie grasFattened waterfowl liver
- trufflePrized subterranean edible
- blowtorchPortable directed-flame device
- sous videCooking in sealed bags
confit · umami · flavor profile · caviar · molecular gastronomy · Escoffier · Nordic cuisine · farm to table · amuse-bouche · black garlic · emulsification · saffron · tempering · flambé · chiffonade · demi-glace · chef's knife · reduction
- cuisinelocal cuisine, regional cuisine, indigenous cuisine, ethnic food, traditional recipes
- French cuisinebaguette, croissant, coq au vin, crepe suzette, croissants
- food trendsfusion, cronuts, oat milk, kombucha, cauliflower rice
gourmet cookingfast food
Speedy prepared meals
junk food · convenience food · slop · TV dinners · processed food
gourmet cookingTV dinners
Prepackaged single-serving meals
heat-and-eat · frozen dinners · microwaving · boil-in-bag · ready meals
gourmet cookingpeasant food