Chronicle of sinister-looking cookers (4)
I believe the answer is:
saga
'chronicle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'sinister-looking cookers' is the wordplay.
'sinister-looking' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (text right-to-left - sinister is left in Latin).
'cookers' becomes 'agas' (I've seen this before).
'agas' reversed gives 'SAGA'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for saga that I've seen before include "Norse narrative" , "Norse epic" , "Icelandic or Norse story" , "long series of events" , "A long story or poem - it's a gas" .)