Definition: Métissée (cuisine)

The opening of borders and the boom in transport found a welcoming market in the restaurant industry. The great era of colonies and exotic travel provided opportunities for new discoveries, which were quickly adopted as soon as they were introduced. Large waves of migration, first from Italy, then from Turkey and North Africa, also brought with them new customs and, above all, ease of supply, as immigrants brought their own merchants and suppliers with them. China, another great country in the art of eating, should not be forgotten. Its few immigrants proved to be extraordinary representatives of an infinitely varied cuisine. All this led to a fusion cuisine. See fusion (cuisine).