new Nordic cuisine

noun

A culinary movement in the Nordic countries, and Scandinavia in particular, since the mid-2000s, based on traditional techniques such as pickling, smoking, and salting, and promoting local and seasonal produce.

Meanings

new Nordic cuisine1

nounnew Nordic cuisine (uncountable)

alternative New Nordic Cuisine

  1. uncountableA culinary movement in the Nordic countries, and Scandinavia in particular, since the mid-2000s, based on traditional techniques such as pickling, smoking, and salting, and promoting local and seasonal produce.
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    With the inception of New Nordic Cuisine in 2004, several Scandinavian restaurants opened in New York City within a very few years. These restaurants were rooted in the concept of New Nordic Cuisine, and opened to widespread acclaim. New Nordic Cuisine is based on traditional cooking techniques such as pickling, smoking, salting, and purity of products.

    2015, Andrew F. Smith, editor, Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover's Companion to New York City, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 522

New Nordic Cuisine2

nounNew Nordic Cuisine (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of new Nordic cuisine
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