In cultures around the world, dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food. The word comes from the French language as dessert and this from Old French desservir, “to clear the table” and “to serve.” Common Western desserts include cakes, biscuits, gelatin, pastries, ice cream, pies, and candies. Fruit may also be eaten with or as a dessert.Variations of desserts can …
Vegetables can be broken down into the following groups: bulbs, funghi, leafy greens and brassicas, pods and seeds, roots and tubers, squashes, stalks and shoots, and vegetable fruits. Vegetables are extremely versatile; most can be eaten raw, and they can be cooked by virtually every method. All vegetables should be washed thoroughly before use, to remove …
Main course is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the entrée (“entry”) course, and the salad course. In North American usage it may in fact be called the “entree”.The main dish is usually the heaviest, heartiest, and most complex or substantive dish on a menu. The main ingredient is usually meat or fish; in vegetarian meals, …
Appetizer is the first course, are food items served before the main courses of a meal.The French (singular and plural) is hors d’œuvre; in English, the œ ligature is usually replaced by the digraph “oe” with the plural often written as “hors d’oeuvres” and pronounced.If there is an extended period between when guests arrive and when the meal is served (for example during …