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cookery

[kook-uh-ree] / ˈkʊk ə ri /






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When the children moved from Baden Powell to Nightingale, they joined their new classmates in their very modern primary school building, which has a climbing wall, cookery and art rooms, and a rooftop sensory garden.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

He once cautioned that “Mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eat about twice as much as nature requires.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The council said the project offered free cookery classes for residents who may face barriers to accessing healthy food, including low-income households, single parents, carers and anyone wanting to gain confidence in the kitchen.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Meghan's lifestyle and cookery show - With Love, Meghan - ran for two series and a Christmas special but did not perform well with audiences.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Perhaps the smell of candlefish fat, ubiquitous in later Northwest Coast Indian cookery, even then hovered over the first visitors’ fires.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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