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cuisine minceur

American  
[man-sur, man sœr] / mænˈsɜr, mɛ̃ ˈsœr /

noun

  1. a low-calorie style of classical French cooking.

  2. healthful, low-calorie dishes.


cuisine minceur British  
/ kɥizin mɛ̃sœr /

noun

  1. a style of cooking, originating in France, that limits the use of starch, sugar, butter, and cream traditionally used in French cookery

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cuisine minceur

First recorded in 1975–80; from French: literally “slimness cooking”; see origin at cuisine ( def. ), mince ( def. )

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There is also cuisine minceur, the cooking of slimness.

From Time Magazine Archive

"On a tour of the U.S.," she says, "no one wanted to talk about anything but cuisine minceur."

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