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nouvelle cuisines

nouvelle cuisines is the plural of nouvelle cuisine.

Meaning of nouvelle cuisine

Noun

nouvelle cuisine (usually uncountable, plural nouvelle cuisines or nouvelles cuisines)

  1. (usually) A French approach to cookery, contrasted with "cuisine classique" (classical cuisine), that is typified by its lighter, more delicate dishes and emphasis on presentation.
    • In case you wonder, no, there is no trace whatsoever of nouvelle cuisine influencing this establishment. It is as impervious to passing fashions as are the strictly protected eighteenth-century buildings which make up most of the Lange Voorhout.1988, Alan Davidson, “A Dutch Treat”, in A Kipper With My Tea: Selected Food Essays, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, part one (A Personal Miscellany), page 19

Questions about nouvelle cuisines

What is nouvelle cuisines the plural of?
Nouvelle cuisines is the plural of nouvelle cuisine.

Words near nouvelle cuisines in the dictionary

  1. nouveaus
  2. nouveaux
  3. nouveaux pauvres
  4. nouveaux riches
  5. nouvelle cuisine
  6. nouvelle cuisines
  7. nouvelle vague
  8. Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  9. nouvelles cuisines
  10. Nouvian
  11. Nouvion

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