Editing Fusion cuisine (section)

=== Modern fusion food ===
Japanese cooking techniques were combined with French techniques in 1970s France to create [[nouvelle cuisine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fusion Cuisine {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/food/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/fusion-cuisine |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>

[[Wolfgang Puck]] is attributed as one of the pioneers of fusion cuisine, with some dispute.<ref name=":0" /> However, his restaurant ''Chinois on Main'' was named after the term attributed to Richard Wing, who in the 1960s combined French and Chinese cooking at the former [[Imperial Dynasty (restaurant)|Imperial Dynasty]] restaurant in [[Hanford, California]].<ref name="NPR">{{cite news |last=Khokha |first=Sasha |date=2005-07-15 |title=In Rural California, an Imperial Dynasty Ends |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5298206}}</ref>

Chef [[Norman Van Aken]] was the first person to use the term "fusion cooking" as he delivered a speech at a symposium in Santa Fe in 1988. Soon journalist Regina Schrambling wrote about Van Aken's work and the term spread around the globe.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Esposito |first2=Shaylyn |title=Why We Have Norman Van Aken to Thank for the Way We Dine Out Today |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/norman-van-aken-thank-way-we-dine-out-today-180951365/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref> Norman Van Aken ended his speech by discussing the history of fusion cuisine, such as the use of coffee in Italian cuisine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Origins and history of Italian coffee |url=https://www.exclusivebrandstorino.com/guides/origins-and-history-of-coffee/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Exclusive Brands Torino |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521154155/https://www.exclusivebrandstorino.com/guides/origins-and-history-of-coffee/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Van Aken related this to coffee being used in different desserts such as Calabrian [[ricotta]] with chocolate [[mousse]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=pvillanueva |date=2018-09-04 |title=On Fusion Cooking |url=https://normanvanaken.com/time-pieces/fusion-cooking/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Norman Van Aken |language=en-US}}</ref>