From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhaute cuisinehaute cui‧sine /ˌəʊt kwɪˈziːn $ ˌoʊt-/ noun [uncountable] DFCcooking of a very high standard, especially French cooking → cordon bleu
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haute cuisine• Remember that little interior voice that kept nagging you to invest in tripe futures -- right before menudo became haute cuisine?Origin haute cuisine (1900-2000) French “high cooking”