kitchening

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of kitchen

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Food preparation.

   “There is a large open fireplace, and a good front piazza, to feet by 30, with a smaller porch in the rear, and an enclosed shed, for purposes of light kitchening.”

   “Those that are stewed or boiled often betray in their unsatisfactory savor a lack of completeness in the kitchening process — beans, beets, corn, cauliflower, tomatoes, etc., usually exhibiting this defect — and thus is loaded on the digestive function a burden that normal cooking could never impose.”

   “She did every single grocery list in this book, kept her copy-editor eyeball on the recipes, and coordinated the test kitchening.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The embellishment of basic food items.

   “A pinch of salt was a basic kitchening, but a good meal offered that plus a drink and a bit of something else - the "sup" and the "bit."”