Cuisine vs. Gourmet

Cuisinenoun

A characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.

Cuisinenoun

A kitchen or cooking department.

Cuisinenoun

The kitchen or cooking department.

Cuisinenoun

Manner or style of cooking.

Cuisinenoun

the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared

Cuisine

A cuisine is a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region. Regional food preparation traditions, customs and ingredients often combine to create dishes unique to a particular region.A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade, they can even be made into distinct ingredients themselves when they become popular within a region, take for example Japanese rice in Japanese cuisine and New Mexico chile in New Mexican cuisine.

Gourmetadjective

(of food and drink) Fine; of superior quality.

Gourmetnoun

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.

Gourmetnoun

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

Gourmetnoun

a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

Gourmetnoun

a connoisseur of good food; a person with a discerning palate.

Gourmetnoun

of a kind or standard suitable for a gourmet

Gourmet

Gourmet (US: , UK: ) is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterized by refined, even elaborate preparations and presentations of aesthetically balanced meals of several contrasting, often quite rich courses. Historically the ingredients used in the meal tended to be rare for the region, which could also be impacted by the local state and religious customs.