id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4906 Gastronomy - Wikipedia .html text/html 2355 523 56 Gastronomy is a compund word that derives from the ancient greek γαστήρ -τρός "stomach" and -νομία "-rule".[1] It is the study of the relationship between food and culture, the art of preparing and serving rich or delicate and appetizing food, the cooking styles of particular regions, and the science of good eating.[2][full citation needed] One who is well versed in gastronomy is called a gastronome, while a gastronomist is one who unites theory and practice in the study of gastronomy. The culinary term appears for the first time in a title in a poem by Joseph Berchoux in 1801 entitled "Gastronomie"[5] Pascal Ory, a French historian, defines gastronomy as the establishment of rules of eating and drinking, an "art of the table", and distinguishes it from good cooking (bonne cuisine) or fine cooking (haute cuisine). While the work contains some flamboyant recipes, it goes into the theory of preparation of French dishes and hospitality.[6] According to Brillat-Savarin: "Gastronomy is the knowledge and understanding of all that relates to man as he eats. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4906.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4906.txt