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Cuisine vs Gourmet - What's the difference?

cuisine | gourmet |

As nouns the difference between cuisine and gourmet

is that cuisine is a characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin while gourmet is a connoisseur in eating and drinking, someone who takes their food considerably more seriously than most.

As an adjective gourmet is

fine.

cuisine

English

(wikipedia cuisine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin
    • French cuisine is considered to be one of the world's most refined and elegant styles of cooking.
    The restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine .

    Synonyms

    * (characteristic style of preparing food) culinary art, kitchen

    Derived terms

    * haute cuisine * nouvelle cuisine

    Related terms

    * curry

    See also

    * gastronomy ----

    gourmet

    English

    (wikipedia gourmet)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of food) fine
    • Gourmet coffee is just like regular coffee, only better.
    We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe.

    Usage notes

    Gourmet has become somewhat debased by marketing usage, and is considered by some a pretentious middlebrow term. Such users tend to prefer terms such as (artisanal) (emphasizing the craft) for fine food.

    Coordinate terms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A connoisseur in eating and drinking, someone who takes their food considerably more seriously than most.

    • Usage notes

    Gourmet emphasizes interest in quality of food and enjoyment of eating, sometimes to an obsessive degree: someone who “lives to eat rather than eating to live”. By contrast, a gourmand is someone more interested in quantity of food than quality.

    Synonyms

    * foodie

    See also

    * gourmand * haute cuisine ----