haute cuisine

haute cuisine
   small portions of expensive food
   Literally, high-quality cooking:
    When I'm away I live in hotels, where I get junk tricked out as haute cuisine. (Follett, 1979, and get charged accordingly)

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  • haute cuisine — [ōt΄kwē zēn′] n. [Fr, lit., high kitchen] 1. the preparation of fine food by highly skilled chefs 2. food prepared in this way …   English World dictionary

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  • Haute Cuisine — Haute Cui|sine [(h)o:tky̆i zi:n], die; [frz., zu: haut = hoch u. cuisine = Küche, vgl. ↑ Nouvelle Cuisine]: gehobene [französische] Kochkunst …   Universal-Lexikon

  • haute cuisine — haute cui|sine [ˌəut kwıˈzi:n US ˌout ] n [U] [Date: 1900 2000; : French; Origin: high cooking ] cooking of a very high standard, especially French cooking …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • haute cuisine — haute cui|sine [ ,out kwı zin ] noun uncount very good cooking, especially French cooking …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • haute cuisine — haute cui•sine [[t]ˌoʊt kwɪˈzin[/t]] n. 1) coo food preparation as an art 2) fine food prepared in an elaborate manner • Etymology: < F: lit., high kitchen …   From formal English to slang

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