local cuisine
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈloʊkəl kwɪˈziːn/
:
cocina local
- Here's how you can indulge in the local cuisine without blowing your budget.
- sample the local cuisine
And here I've been told we're going to have lunch and that is going to be traditional, like a local cuisine and also try some local wine.
- And here I've been told we're going to have lunch and that is going to be traditional, like a local cuisine and also try some local wine.
Examples
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Travelers sharing the distinctive flavor of local cuisine foster a sense of togetherness (Yoshida and Sesoko 1989:94-95).
Academic text (1994) -
Meals at street stalls (different from street vendors, who have a bit more permanent setup) cost less than a dollar most of the time and are a great way to really experience the local cuisine.
Blog text (6) -
Some might argue that it lets you taste the local cuisine even more.
Blog text (20) -
Heading to a market and buying local food lets you taste the local cuisine just as much as heading to some restaurant.
Blog text (20) -
In the back of the club near the doors, some tables have been set up with a buffet of local cuisine on it.
Fiction book (1994) -
Jafta was pretty excited to try some of the local cuisine.
Blog text (16) -
Her favorite local cuisine is soup beans and cornbread; she has eaten it every day.
Fiction book (2000) -
I've loved all of the local cuisine so far, and Puerto Rico was no exception.
Blog text (18) -
1. Dishes from local restaurants—nothing is quite so enticing as local cuisine to give viewers a taste of the area.
Blog text (22) -
When I traveled to Italy, I was eager to try the local cuisine, which featured delicious pasta and fresh seafood.
Synonyms
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3.9
A style of cooking typical of a country or region
How Exotic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the traditional dishes and cooking styles characteristic of a particular region' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'local' (characteristic of a particular area) with 'cuisine' (regional cooking style). This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'cocina local', French 'cuisine locale') and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Local cuisine comes from the simple idea of food made in a place. Here local means 'from the place' and cuisine means 'style of cooking', so it means the 'traditional dishes' of a region.