cuisine

[ kwi-zeen ]

/ kwɪˈzin /

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noun

a style or quality of cooking; cookery: Italian cuisine; This restaurant has an excellent cuisine.

Archaic. the kitchen or culinary department of a house, hotel, etc.

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Origin of cuisine

1475–85; < French: literally, kitchen < Vulgar Latin *cocīna, for Latin coquīna; see kitchen

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The possibilities of the types of cuisine that can be made are endless once you turn pot into butter (or oil) to cook with.
Meet the Julia Child of Weed|Justin Jones|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pamplona is a vibrant modern city that takes care to preserve the traditions of Navarre culture and cuisine.
Is This Hemingway’s Pamplona or a Lot of Bull?|Clive Irving|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She speaks no English, but I could taste her warmth and her pride in her homemade, old-school Roman cuisine.
The Foodie Capital of Canada|Michele Willens|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The creativity of the cuisine is a minimum and the commercial potential is maximum.
Italy Plans a Disneyland for Foodies|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Eat: The area is renowned for its cuisine, especially fish, shellfish, hearty rice dishes, and stews.
Nine Amazing Places To Skinny Dip Around The World|Erin Cunningham|September 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The proprietor of the house allowed under his contract with the King a certain sum daily for the cuisine.
The King's Men|Robert Grant, John Boyle O'Reilly, J. S. Dale, and John T. Wheelwright
Meals à la carte and quite inexpensive; cuisine purely German, homely and wholesome, with excellent beer, especially Erlanger.
The Gourmet's Guide to Europe|Algernon Bastard
The eggs form a considerable item in the Bushman's cuisine, and the shells are converted into water flasks, cups, and dishes.
Natural History in Anecdote|Various
Our hotel was justly noted for its cuisine, yet on infrequent occasions the food supplied to Madame was not to her mind.
A Versailles Christmas-Tide|Mary Stuart Boyd
It has a good cook, it has its specialities of cuisine, and it has a particularly good cellar of wines.
The Gourmet's Guide to Europe|Algernon Bastard

British Dictionary definitions for cuisine

cuisine

/ (kwɪˈziːn) /

noun

a style or manner of cookingFrench cuisine

the food prepared by a restaurant, household, etc

Word Origin for cuisine

C18: from French, literally: kitchen, from Late Latin coquīna, from Latin coquere to cook

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Word Origin and History for cuisine

cuisine

1786, from French cuisine "style of cooking," originally "kitchen, cooking, cooked food" (12c.), from Late Latin cocina, earlier coquina "kitchen," from Latin coquere "to cook" (see cook (n.)).

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