modern fusion
Mixed styles, current
Modern fusion describes cuisine that blends techniques and ingredients from different culinary traditions, typically combining Western cooking methods with Asian, Latin American, or other global flavors: The restaurant serves modern fusion with Korean-Mexican influences.
The approach emerged in the 1980s and 1990s as chefs began crossing traditional boundaries.
Modern fusion can also describe architectural or design styles that mix contemporary aesthetics with elements from various cultural sources.
- AfropopAfrican mainstream music
- experimental theaterUnconventional staged performance art
- boundary pushingTesting or exceeding limits
- molecular gastronomyScientific study of cooking
- multicultural festivalsEvents showcasing multiple ethnic traditions
multimedia installations · mixed media · world music · sushi burritos · cultural melting pot · genre-bending · new wave · Japanese · flavor profiles · contemporary dance · neo-soul · collective · call-and-response · nuclear · tapas · design · Asian · synthesis
modern fusiontraditional cuisine
Culturally inherited cooking methods
heritage cuisine · ancestral recipes · heritage cooking · regional cuisine · home-style cooking
modern fusionregional cuisine
Geography-based food traditions
ethnic cuisine · local fare · indigenous cuisine · regional specialty · peasant food