haute cuisine
noun
haute cui·sine
ˌōt-kwi-ˈzēn 
: artful or elaborate cuisine
especially
: traditionally elaborate French cuisine
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Inside many of Duchêne’s faithful, masterful re-creations of haute cuisine are hints of a nervy brilliance: in a dish of oeufs mayonnaise, the normally ghost-white emulsion was bright green with herbs and topped audaciously with a tumble of tuna tartare.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
In Nice, most haute cuisine dishes are some manner of regional fusion (think olive oil instead of butter) but at Maison Joia, the experience is seamless.
—Sloane Crosley, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
The intersection of these two prominent names in French excellence brings the art of crystal glassmaking into dialogue with haute cuisine.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
But a new generation of Latin chefs is making a mark on haute cuisine.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
In Nice, most haute cuisine dishes are some manner of regional fusion (think olive oil instead of butter) but at Maison Joia, the experience is seamless.
—Sloane Crosley, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
The intersection of these two prominent names in French excellence brings the art of crystal glassmaking into dialogue with haute cuisine.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
But a new generation of Latin chefs is making a mark on haute cuisine.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for haute cuisine
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“Haute cuisine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haute%20cuisine. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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