cooking

The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]

In the tiny kitchen a dozen men and a boy tried to hush their breathing, and sweltered. For it was very hot, and the pent-up odor of past cookings was stifling to men used to the open

My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.

What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.

‘Pint of bitter, please,” said Reggie. ‘Pint of cooking,” said the landlord.