Dad was all for getting reinvented culinary classic (7,5)
I believe the answer is:
waldorf salad
'culinary classic' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'dad was all for getting reinvented' is the wordplay.
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'reinvented' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dad'+'was'+'all'+'for'='dadwasallfor'
'dadwasallfor' anagrammed gives 'WALDORF SALAD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for waldorf salad that I've seen before include "Apples, celery, walnuts and mayo" , "Vegetarian dish of celery, apples, walnuts and mayonnaise" , "eats" , "Mix of apples, walnuts, celery, etc" .)