Definition of cuisine
: manner of preparing food : style of cooking a cooking method used in French cuisine; also : the food prepared enjoys French cuisine
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Examples of cuisine in a Sentence
a cooking method used in French cuisine
a cuisine based on local ingredients
This restaurant is famous for its spicy cuisine.
Recent Examples of cuisine from the Web
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Peruvian Festival Features traditional music and entertainment, dancing and cuisine.
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La Cocotte de Grand-Mere offers a break from Alsatian food, with traditional French cuisine fresh from the market (moderate, 14 Place de L’Ecole, tel.
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The plates are heavy speckled stoneware and sport chef Timothy Hollingsworth’s globally inspired but unmistakably California cuisine.
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Each scene emphasizes, in its way, regions’ distinctive languages and weapons and culture and clothing and cuisine to create an environment, overall, of immersive specificity.
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Mari Orr designed custom shoes in honor of Alaska, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, and South Dakota, and focused more on each state's natural wonders than on the wonders of their individual cuisines.
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The all-you-can-eat feast will be provided by three caterers and will include pulled pork, chicken, sides, pasta dishes, rolls, vegetarian cuisine, a variety of desserts and beverages.
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Bernard Loyd says he's invested over $1 million of his own money in a plan to reshape the corner of Prairie Avenue and 51st Street into a destination for African and African-American cuisine.
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Main dish: Cuvee Wine Table 'a perfect fit' for chef de cuisineRemove polenta from saucepan.
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Origin and Etymology of cuisine
French, literally, kitchen, from Old French, from Late Latin coquina — more at kitchen
CUISINE Defined for English Language Learners
cuisine
playDefinition of cuisine for English Language Learners
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: a style of cooking
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: food that is cooked in a particular way
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