Cuisine vs Recipes - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between cuisine and recipes

is that cuisine is a characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin while recipes is plural of recipe.

(wikipedia cuisine)

(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 .

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

* haute cuisine * nouvelle cuisine

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