Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A characteristic manner or style of preparing food.
- noun Food; fare.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kitchen.
- noun The culinary department of a house, hotel, etc., including the cooks.
- noun The manner or style of cooking; cookery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The kitchen or cooking department.
- noun Manner or style of cooking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a characteristic style of preparing
food , often associated with a place oforigin
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It appears that much of the cuisine is an intuitive affair, based on the state, and available ingredients.
Improving the list 2003
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Many human beings are under the deplorable mistake of supposing we live on slimy water and dirty insects – ha, ha, ha! whereas our cuisine is astounding in variety and delicacy of material and flavour.
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They will continue, in other words, to shape the future of this fascinating, complex thing we call cuisine.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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French cuisine went through a major slimming phase nearly 40 years ago—it was called cuisine minceur .
The Reduced-Fat Diet Bruce Palling 2011
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I am not a fan of restaurants in the first place; prefer my own cooking anyway, so cuisine is not an issue for me, nor is good wine: Thursday's vintage of Padre Kino is aok, even if it does stain the bottle red.
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Moroccan cuisine is far from repulsive although it can get a little repetitive once you have permed every combination of cous-cous and tajine with goat, chicken, fish and vegetables.
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You can infuse personality, style, and culture into the cuisine, in other words, really make your wedding a memorable experience for your guests, without creating a full “theme” wedding.
My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011
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Chinese cuisine is one of the glories of the world, and their meals are well balanced, but in ways that we westerners have no idea.
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It seems reliable Asian cuisine is available to us, for a certain price.
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My education into American regional cuisine is complete.
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