<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may lend undue weight to certain ideas, incidents, or controversies . Please help improve it by rewriting it in a balanced fashion that contextualizes different points of view . (July 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may lend undue weight to certain ideas, incidents, or controversies . Please help improve it by rewriting it in a balanced fashion that contextualizes different points of view . (July 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Culinary arts, in which culinary means "related to cooking", are the arts of preparation, cooking and presentation of food, usually in the form of meals . People working in this field--especially in establishments such as restaurants--are commonly called "chefs" or "cooks", although, at its most general, the terms "culinary artist" and "culinarian" are also used . Table manners ("the table arts") are sometimes referred to as a culinary art . </P>

What is an early indicator of the formalization of cooking as a culinary art