past tense of cook; prepared food by heating
from Latin coquere meaning to cook
When food is cooked, it's been conquered by heat!
Cooking has been gendered female through 19th–20th century domestic ideology, despite men dominating professional kitchens and culinary prestige.
Use neutrally; recognize that professional cooking is male-dominated while domestic cooking labor is undervalued and feminized.
Women like Julia Child (1912–2004) and Alice Waters revolutionized culinary culture and food politics despite historical exclusion from haute cuisine.
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