haute cuisine
noun
haute cui·sine ˌōt-kwi-ˈzēn 
: artful or elaborate cuisine
especially : traditionally elaborate French cuisine
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The sweet-savory dish, a classic of Mexican haute cuisine, is a rite of passage for Mexico’s best chefs — a test of their skills in balancing dissonant flavors, now frequently chronicled on social media. 
Bill Esparza, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 Here, nature and haute cuisine coexist at high altitude. Kenneth R. Rosen, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 Back then, the buzz was all about bistronomie, the modern movement that applied the precision of haute cuisine technique to rustic bistro cooking. Alexander Lobrano, WSJ, 15 July 2022 When Quo Vadis first opened its doors in 1926, French haute cuisine was all the rage in London's high society, and Italian migrants faced discrimination. Janelle Davis, CNN, 22 May 2022 It’s hillbilly haute cuisine, courtesy of Braunda Smith, the chef who started Lucy Cooper’s in San Antonio in 2018 with her husband Jesse Smith. Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2022 The rich yet lightweight dessert has been gracing French tables since the 18th century, but was really perfected by esteemed chef and arbiter of haute cuisine Marie-Antoine Carême in the mid-1800s. Foren Clark, CNN, 30 May 2022 Aware that the music lover cannot live on mushrooms alone, the organizers of this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival enlisted a brigade of chefs to prepare haute cuisine in the Palm Springs desert. Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 The history and birthplace of french fries has been contested between Belgium and France, but the method of making pommes de terre frites has gone from haute cuisine to a fast-food icon beloved around the world. Casey Barber, CNN, 18 May 2022 See More
Bill Esparza, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 Here, nature and haute cuisine coexist at high altitude. Kenneth R. Rosen, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 Back then, the buzz was all about bistronomie, the modern movement that applied the precision of haute cuisine technique to rustic bistro cooking. Alexander Lobrano, WSJ, 15 July 2022 When Quo Vadis first opened its doors in 1926, French haute cuisine was all the rage in London's high society, and Italian migrants faced discrimination. Janelle Davis, CNN, 22 May 2022 It’s hillbilly haute cuisine, courtesy of Braunda Smith, the chef who started Lucy Cooper’s in San Antonio in 2018 with her husband Jesse Smith. Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2022 The rich yet lightweight dessert has been gracing French tables since the 18th century, but was really perfected by esteemed chef and arbiter of haute cuisine Marie-Antoine Carême in the mid-1800s. Foren Clark, CNN, 30 May 2022 Aware that the music lover cannot live on mushrooms alone, the organizers of this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival enlisted a brigade of chefs to prepare haute cuisine in the Palm Springs desert. Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 The history and birthplace of french fries has been contested between Belgium and France, but the method of making pommes de terre frites has gone from haute cuisine to a fast-food icon beloved around the world. Casey Barber, CNN, 18 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
French, literally, high cooking
First Known Use
1928, in the meaning defined above
haute cuisines
noun
as in gastronomies
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- gastronomies
- cuisines
- cookeries