nouvelle cuisine

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French nouvelle cuisine (“new cuisine”).

Noun

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

1. A French approach to cookery, contrasted with "cuisine classique" (classical cuisine), that is typified by its lighter, more delicate dishes and emphasis on presentation.

   Hypernym: haute cuisine

   • 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:

     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.