continental cuisine

American  

noun

1. a style of cooking that includes the better-known dishes of various western European countries.

---

Example Sentences

Right on beach with beautiful sunset views, this breezy eatery offers tropical cocktails, island fare and more familiar continental cuisine.

From Washington Post

A consummate professional who was never known to gossip about what he saw or heard at the White House, Mr. Haller catered to the tastes of the first families, whether asked to prepare deluxe continental cuisine or simple homestyle American meals.

From Washington Post

A significant loss is TAK Room, Thomas Keller’s new, grandly plush homage to continental cuisine at Hudson Yards.

From New York Times

Gene’s Restaurant is known to passers-by on West 11th Street for its Garden State Brickface-style molded stone facade and its faded red awning stretching from the front door to the taxicab; regulars know it for what it calls “continental cuisine.”

From New York Times

These were places that served what was then referred to as Continental cuisine, their menus drawn from those of Spain, Italy, France and the United Kingdom and filtered through an American sensibility.

From New York Times