what is the use of で in 日本料理は京都の料理でたいへん美味しい


found it at the kanji workbook of shin nihongo no kiso. would it be something
like "among the japanese cuisine, kyoto's cuisine is specially tasty"? I know
that で is used to say "among" but the only example I know is using SでいちばんAdj




> 「[日本料理]{にほんりょうり}は[京都]{きょうと}の[料理]{りょうり} **で** たいへん[美味]{おい}しい。」

The content of the sentence is somewhat questionable, but it is a grammatical
sentence and it can be analyzed as such.

**_The 「で」 here is an auxiliary verb, not a particle_**. 「で」 is the
[連用形]{れんようけい} (the conjunctive / continuative form) of the affirmation
auxiliary verb 「だ」. This 「で」 can be replaced by 「であり」.

The author could have used a **comma** and wrote:

「日本料理は京都の料理で、たいへん美味しい。」

It is saying **two separate things** , which is why you need a 連用形 to connect
them.

1) Japanese cuisine is (or "means") Kyoto cuisine.

and

2) It is delicious.

Related: [Translation of particle で in
「オーストラリアは今夏でとてもあついです」](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/21468/translation-
of-
particle-%e3%81%a7-in-%e3%82%aa%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%a9%e3%83%aa%e3%82%a2%e3%81%af%e4%bb%8a%e5%a4%8f%e3%81%a7%e3%81%a8%e3%81%a6%e3%82%82%e3%81%82%e3%81%a4%e3%81%84%e3%81%a7%e3%81%99)




> 「[日本料理]{にほんりょうり}は[京都]{きょうと}の[料理]{りょうり} **で** たいへん[美味]{おい}しい。」

The content of the sentence is somewhat questionable, but it is a grammatical
sentence and it can be analyzed as such.

**_The 「で」 here is an auxiliary verb, not a particle_**. 「で」 is the
[連用形]{れんようけい} (the conjunctive / continuative form) of the affirmation
auxiliary verb 「だ」. This 「で」 can be replaced by 「であり」.

The author could have used a **comma** and wrote:

「日本料理は京都の料理で、たいへん美味しい。」

It is saying **two separate things** , which is why you need a 連用形 to connect
them.

1) Japanese cuisine is (or "means") Kyoto cuisine.

and

2) It is delicious.

Related: [Translation of particle で in
「オーストラリアは今夏でとてもあついです」](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/21468/translation-
of-
particle-%e3%81%a7-in-%e3%82%aa%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%a9%e3%83%aa%e3%82%a2%e3%81%af%e4%bb%8a%e5%a4%8f%e3%81%a7%e3%81%a8%e3%81%a6%e3%82%82%e3%81%82%e3%81%a4%e3%81%84%e3%81%a7%e3%81%99)

