[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cookery \cook"ery\ koo^k"~ery^, n.
   1. the art or process of preparing food for the table, by
      dressing, compounding, and the application of heat;
      cooking.
      1913 webster

   2. a delicacy; a dainty. obs. --r. north.
      1913 webster cookey

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cookery
     n : the act of preparing something as food by the application
         of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed
         who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation
         of meals to his wife" syn: cooking, preparation
see also:
cooking preparation 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 moby thesaurus words for "cookery":
   bakehouse, bakery, baking, barbecuing, basting, boiling, braising,
   brewing, broil, broiling, burner, caboose, caliduct, camboose,
   catering, cooker, cookhouse, cooking, cookroom, cuisine,
   culinary science, domestic science, element, frying, furnace,
   galley, gas jet, grilling, heater, heating duct, home economics,
   jet, kitchen, kitchenette, nutrition, pan-broiling, pilot light,
   poaching, roasting, sauteing, scullery, searing, shirring,
   simmering, steam pipe, steeping, stewing, stove, tewel, toasting,
   tuyere, warmer

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