as in cooking
the art or style of preparing food (as in a specified region)
spent several years in Tuscany mastering Italian cuisine
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Recent Examples of cuisine
The restaurant’s opening in 2024 came with great excitement, as its sibling restaurant, Trattoria Da Me, is an institution in the city, heralded for modernizing traditional Bolognese cuisine without losing its rustic history.
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026
Local favorites, including Mullets, Purveyor Restaurant & Wine Market and Charlotte’s Kitchen, continue to scale up, and new restaurants such as Canopy and San Miguel Eatery promise fresh takes on brunch and Mexican cuisine.
—Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 5 Mar. 2026
This high-end restaurant celebrates regional coastal cuisines of South India.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Trybal pairs elevated African cuisine with late-night programming and cultural storytelling designed to challenge perceptions of the continent while drawing new energy into the neighborhood.
—Patricia Kaowthumrong, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026
Local favorites, including Mullets, Purveyor Restaurant & Wine Market and Charlotte’s Kitchen, continue to scale up, and new restaurants such as Canopy and San Miguel Eatery promise fresh takes on brunch and Mexican cuisine.
—Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 5 Mar. 2026
This high-end restaurant celebrates regional coastal cuisines of South India.
—Kalpana Mohan, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Trybal pairs elevated African cuisine with late-night programming and cultural storytelling designed to challenge perceptions of the continent while drawing new energy into the neighborhood.
—Patricia Kaowthumrong, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuisine
cooking
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There’s Padma Lakshimi trying to reinvigorate the cooking-competition show.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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The cooking leans into that fire—steaks, roasted vegetables, and even the many tasty cocktails to choose from.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Cuisine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuisine. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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