Nouvelle cuisine - French, Innovative, Health-Focused: Despite such criticism, the nouvelle movement took hold of the culinary landscape in France and spurred new trends in world cuisine. The extent of nouvelle cuisine’s impact is evident in a longitudinal study that followed roughly 600 elite French chefs (those with one or more Michelin stars) from 1970 through 1997. Northwestern University sociologist Hayagreeva Rao and his colleagues analyzed each chef’s top three signature dishes and...
