noun
Common loanword used in compound nouns like クッキングスクール (cooking school) or クッキングシート (parchment paper). Often implies a slightly more stylish or instructional context than 料理.
週末にクッキングスクールに通っています。
I attend a cooking school on weekends.
このクッキングシートはオーブンで使えます。
This parchment paper can be used in the oven.
料理 is the native Japanese word for cooking and cuisine, used more broadly in everyday speech. クッキング is a loanword often found in compound terms or when emphasizing a Western, instructional, or trendy nuance.
Loanword from English 'cooking'.