cuisine
Americannoun
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a style or quality of cooking; cookery.
Italian cuisine; This restaurant has an excellent cuisine.
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Archaic. the kitchen or culinary department of a house, hotel, etc.
noun
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a style or manner of cooking
French cuisine
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the food prepared by a restaurant, household, etc
Etymology
Origin of cuisine
1475–85; < French: literally, kitchen < Vulgar Latin *cocīna, for Latin coquīna; kitchen
Example Sentences
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The tickets, which went on sale last weekend, sold out in minutes, demonstrating the growing fervor among Mexicans for all aspects of South Korean culture, from television series to cuisine, to of course K-pop.
From Barron's
The more I cooked at home and explored South Asian cuisine, the more I realized how important cardamom is.
From Salon
But the version of Italian cuisine most Americans reach for in winter — heavy on red sauce, overflowing plates, indulgence as comfort — is only a narrow slice of a far deeper, more practical tradition.
From Salon
While China and India are the largest producers and bamboo shoots are already common in many Asian cuisines, the findings suggest bamboo could become an important food option for diets around the world.
From Science Daily
It emerges from a particular food lineage — one shaped by mid-century macrobiotics, health-food evangelists and a curious, earnest embrace of global cuisines.
From Salon
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