The phrase "cook a dinner" is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "On Sunday night, I like to cook a dinner with my family."
The Turks will plan and cook a dinner with Nilsson, then conduct a masterclass.
Then the Greenwich Arts Council asked Ms. Morton to cook a dinner for 400 people.
He and his wife, Sahar, cook a dinner that includes the most delicious chicken-rice dish I've ever eaten.
HOME AGAIN I get out of the store, try to get home, cook a dinner or at least have a nice dinner.
When I cook a dinner party at home, be it in London or Dorset, I try to balance the menu with some "can't buy in the shops" ingredients.
My first experience with the delights of a black truffle was at the hands of the chef Wolfgang Puck, who flew in to Washington a few years ago to cook a dinner at the residence of a foreign ambassador.
On our last evening at the schoolhouse, we cooked a dinner of fresh scallops and a dessert of strawberry shortcake, made with delicious, just-picked berries.
"I just built it because I need it," said Mr. Flores, as he cooked a dinner of chili peppers, eggs and onions over a fire.
"It left me with the sense that they've healed Joplin and moved on," he said, as his wife cooked a dinner of fried chicken for their four children.
Michael Berman walked up and shook my hand and took me inside where his wife had cooked a dinner.
