as in cookeries
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 cuisines
The many cuisines of Asia will be explored and celebrated when the expansive Asia Live emporium joins Westfield Valley Fair’s restaurant collection.
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Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
The new items across both parks take inspiration from cuisines across the globe.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Explore Downtown and Beyond Keep heading east to find the lively downtown, which is filled with restaurants specializing in cuisines from Creole to Italian plus haunts like Wine Society and the breweries Brighter Days and Two Frogs.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
The restaurant is popular for its Turkish, Greek and Italian cuisines.
—Josh Shaffer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Jan. 2026
Inoue would be moving to a smaller space to offer a more premium experience, and chef Kato Shingo would take over the Kaneyoshi room, serving a tasting menu entwining Japanese, French and Thai cuisines.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The year saw the emergence of a few cuisines in and around the grid.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
For lunch, savor the cuisines in this diverse metropolis.
—Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Ingredients like the potato, the tomato, corn, these have traveled across the world and are central to many cuisines, but the contributions of Indigenous peoples of the Americas are often overlooked.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
The new items across both parks take inspiration from cuisines across the globe.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Explore Downtown and Beyond Keep heading east to find the lively downtown, which is filled with restaurants specializing in cuisines from Creole to Italian plus haunts like Wine Society and the breweries Brighter Days and Two Frogs.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
The restaurant is popular for its Turkish, Greek and Italian cuisines.
—Josh Shaffer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Jan. 2026
Inoue would be moving to a smaller space to offer a more premium experience, and chef Kato Shingo would take over the Kaneyoshi room, serving a tasting menu entwining Japanese, French and Thai cuisines.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The year saw the emergence of a few cuisines in and around the grid.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
For lunch, savor the cuisines in this diverse metropolis.
—Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Ingredients like the potato, the tomato, corn, these have traveled across the world and are central to many cuisines, but the contributions of Indigenous peoples of the Americas are often overlooked.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Cuisines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuisines. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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