haute cuisine

noun

haute cui·​sine ˌōt-kwi-ˈzēn How to pronounce haute cuisine (audio)
: artful or elaborate cuisine
especially : traditionally elaborate French cuisine

Examples of haute cuisine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The event promises an immersive experience of haute cuisine, live entertainment, and networking opportunities among esteemed guests from the realms of fashion, entertainment, and beyond. Kansas City Star, 19 June 2024 Tuffy Stone began his culinary career in a French kitchen, focusing on haute cuisine. Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024 The restaurant, operated by the veteran New York chef Angie Mar, was until a few months ago Les Trois Chevaux, Mar’s homage to the mid-century French haute cuisine of places past like Lutèce and La Côte Basque. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2024 From the millennia-old superyacht that still resonates today to the small kitchen tool that enabled modern haute cuisine to the ingenious invention of the credit card, which pays for it all, here are the products, ideas, and shots in the dark that led to now. The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for haute cuisine 

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Word History

Etymology

French, literally, high cooking

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of haute cuisine was in 1928

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“Haute cuisine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haute%20cuisine. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.

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