minceuradj.n.
/mɪnˈsəː/, /mãˈsəː/, U.S. /mɪnˈsər/ Cookery.
A. adj.
Of or relating to cuisine minceur, a style of cookery which avoids the use of dairy products and other high-calorie ingredients; (of food or drink) low-calorie. Frequently as postmodifier.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > cooked > relating to specific style
minceur1975
nouvelle1975
nouvelle cuisine1975
1975 N.Y. Times 29 Oct. 28/1 We asked for the minceur or ‘slimming’ menu.
1976 N. Chamberlain tr. M. Guérard Cuisine Minceur 14 The herb tea minceur that we serve at Eugénie-les-Bains..is flavored entirely with plants... Don't hesitate to cook for your friends, at any time, a grand dîner minceur.
1977 Bon Appétit May 24/2 The first section of his book..indicates how the minceur cook must adapt traditional techniques.
1978 Texas Monthly Sept. 76/2 Shrimp minceur is a surprisingly successful combination of cold shrimp, mushrooms, melon balls, sour cream, and cottage cheese..garnished with caviar.
1994 Crank Autumn 29 A timbale of bay scallops in green pepper sauce and paupiette of trout served in a hollowed blood orange—a minceur meal as sparse in calories as the last supper.
B. n.
= cuisine minceur n. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > style of cooking > other styles
nouvelle cuisine1774
churrasco1917
kaiseki1920
Nonya1969
Cal-Mex1973
cuisine minceur1975
minceur1981
balti1982
1981 R. M. Elman Cocktails at Somoza's 103 He had bought the most expensive Cuisinart food processor for the minceur and a great big Sony Trinitron.
1990 T. Maresca Right Wine iii. vii. 251 The Four Seasons's self-evidently minceur-inspired Spa Cuisine.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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