Crossword Genius

Cooking us one nice stew (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cuisine

'cooking' is the definition.
(eg French cuisine is French cooking)

'us one nice stew' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'stew' indicates anagramming the letters.
'us'+'i'+'nice'='usinice'
'usinice' anagrammed gives 'CUISINE'.

(Other definitions for cuisine that I've seen before include "Local cooking style" , "It can be French, Italian or Spanish in a restaurant and tasty" , "Haute . . . . . . . is high-class cooking" , "Culinary art" , "(Regional) style of cooking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app