Dictionary
a particular style of cookery (as of a region) "New England gastronomy" the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food
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Wikipedia
Gastronomy is the study of relationship between culture and food. It is often thought erroneously that the term gastronomy refers exclusively to the art of cooking (see Culinary Arts), but this is only a small part of this discipline: it cannot always be said that a cook is also a gourmet. Gastronomy studies various cultural components with food as central axis. Thus it is related to the Fine Arts and Social Sciences, and even to the Natural Sciences in terms of the nutritional system of the human body.A gourmet's principal activities involve discovering, tasting, experiencing, researching, understanding, and writing about foods. Gastronomy is therefore an interdisciplinary activity. Good observation will reveal that around the food, there exists dance, dramatic arts, painting, sculpture, literature, architecture, and music; in other words, the Fine Arts. But it also involves physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, geology, agronomy, and also anthropology, history, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.The first formal study of gastronomy is probably ''The Physiology of Taste'' by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (late 19th century). As opposed to the traditional cooking recipe books, it studies the relationship between the senses and food, treating enjoyment at the table as a science.Etymologically, the word "gastronomy" is derived from Ancient Greek ''gastros'' "stomach", and ''nomos'' "knowledge" or "law".
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Websites
Tourism,gastronomy,fun/Tourisme,gastronomie,humour
Country Guest House in South West France / Chambres d'Hôtes - Table d'Hôte en Gascogne, à Fontrailles près de Trie-sur-Baïse, France
http://www.collinson.fr/
Virtual Finland
A multimedia guide with information, facts and daily news on Finland.
http://virtual.finland.fi/
Andalucia
Information about the culture, geography, history and economy of this region.
http://www.andalucia.com/
All About Spain
Guide in English, Spanish and German. Includes tourist and cultural information.
http://www.Red2000.com/
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