What is the difference between cuisine and food?

Answer 1

Food is the fuel we must consume to keep functioning; it's what we eat.

Cuisine is a term describing a particular style of preparing that food, or a particular type of food eaten in a specific place, which might be a country, region, hotel, restaurant, household, and so on.

The eighteenth-century English word 'cuisine' comes from the same French term, meaning 'style of cooking', which came into the French language from Latin; 'cuisine' now means the same in both French and English.

We generally use the word 'cuisine' together with a qualifying word, but also alone when we simply mean 'style of cooking':

'The new restaurant specializes in Thai cuisine.'

'My mother is Irish and my father Spanish, the cuisineat home frequently has lots of potatoes and peppers!'

'I can't wait to visit Europe; I love Mediterranean cuisine.'

'The local cuisine is famous for its seafood.'

"Don't pass up an invitation to dine at their home: their cuisine is marvellous.'