Diary - Tonight, my mum and I are going to a Shanghai restaurant.

[Maybo]

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Tonight, my mum and I are going to a Shanghai restaurant. It's been a year since we last had Shanghai food. I miss it very much because the food reminds me of the days I lived with my grandparents in summer when I was a child. They would prepare a lot of traditional cuisine and snack for me. I can't eat them anymore. Therefore, every time I visit that restaurant, I always feel nostalgia for my childhood in Shanghai.

 

[Tarheel]

I would say "in the summer" and "snacks" there.

 

[Matthew Wai]

They would prepare a lot of traditional cuisine

According to Oxford, "cuisine" means "a style of cooking".
So, do you mean to say "prepare a lot of traditional styles of cooking"?

cuisine noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of cuisine noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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[Maybo]

According to Oxford, "cuisine" means "a style of cooking".
So, do you mean to say "prepare a lot of traditional styles of cooking"?

cuisine noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of cuisine noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

Traditional Shanghainese food. Can’t ‘cuisine’ mean ‘food’?

 

[Matthew Wai]

So, do you mean to say "prepare a lot of traditional Shanghainese styles of cooking"?

 

[Maybo]

So, do you mean to say "prepare a lot of traditional Shanghainese styles of cooking"?

No. It is “prepare a lot of traditional Shanghainese styles of food”.

 

[Maybo]

Doesn’t “cuisine” also mean “food”?

Definition of CUISINE

manner of preparing food : style of cooking; also : the food prepared… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[Matthew Wai]

The food served in a restaurant.
See definition #2 below:

cuisine noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of cuisine noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com

Did your grandparents serve you in a restaurant?

 

[Maybo]

No. I ate the food at home. Collins dictionary says household is also OK.

 

[5jj]

According to Oxford, "cuisine" means "a style of cooking".

The same dictionary also gives this definition:

the food served in a restaurant (usually an expensive one)

• The hotel restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine.
• We sampled the local cuisine.

(Crossposted with Maybo.)

 

[Matthew Wai]

The same dictionary also gives this definition:

the food served in a restaurant (usually an expensive one)

• The hotel restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine.
• We sampled the local cuisine.

The OP ate the food at home rather than in a restaurant according to post #9.

 

[Matthew Wai]

No. I ate the food at home. Collins dictionary says household is also OK.

OK. You may stick to the definition in Collins.
I would stick to the definition in Oxford, though.
Longman provides a similar definition. See below:
the food cooked in a particular restaurant or hotel, especially when it is very good

Source:

cuisine | meaning of cuisine in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

cuisine meaning, definition, what is cuisine: a particular style of cooking: Learn more.

www.ldoceonline.com

I would not use "cuisine" if the food is cooked at home.

 

[5jj]

I not infrequently refer to my wife's cuisine.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I not infrequently refer to my wife's cuisine.

Is a modal verb missing in your sentence?

 

[Tarheel]

Is a modal verb missing in your sentence?

Which one would that be?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Which one would that be?

I think something is missing before "not".

 

[Tarheel]

"I not infrequently refer to my wife's cuisine" is a rather common expression (especially the "not infrequently" part). It's less often than "frequently" but still fairly often.