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haute cuisine
Haute cuisine is French for food cooked by skilled chefs, or is defined as the very fancy style of cooking by those chefs.
(noun)- An example of haute cuisine is a meal with small portions that are beautifully cooked and arranged.
- The manner of cooking on the Food Network's program Iron Chef is an example of haute cuisine.
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See haute cuisine in Webster's New World College Dictionary
- the preparation of fine food by highly skilled chefs
- food prepared in this way
Origin: Fr, lit., high kitchen
See haute cuisine in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Elaborate or skillfully prepared food, especially that of France.
- The characteristic manner or style of preparing such food.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: : haute
Origin: , feminine of haut, high, elegant
Origin: + cuisine, cooking
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