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The term buffet originally referred to the French sideboard furniture where the food was placed, but eventually became applied to the serving format. At balls, the "buffet" was also where drinks were obtained, either by circulating footmen supplying orders from guests, but often by the male guests. During the Victorian period, it became usual ...
A sideboard, also called a buffet, is an item of furniture traditionally used in the dining room for serving food, for displaying serving dishes, and for storage. It usually consists of a set of cabinets , or cupboards , and one or more drawers , all topped by a wooden surface for conveniently holding food, serving dishes, or lighting devices.
The buffet style is a variation of the French service in which all of the food is available, at the correct temperature, in a serving space other than the dining table, and guests serve themselves. Buffets can vary from the informal (a gathering of friends in a home, or the serving of brunch at a hotel) to the formal setting of a wedding ...
The DEAF can be typologised as a descriptive dictionary of Old French focussing more on linguistic than on traditional philological aspects. However it systematically includes encyclopedic information in semantic analysis and above all by providing a great number of citations serving to illustrate and corroborate senses given in (usually scholastic) definitions. [3]
Plaque about the legend of the origin of the word "Bistro" at La Mère Catherine, 6, place du Tertre, Paris.(English: On March 30, 1814, the Cossacks were the first to launch their very famous "bistro" here and, on the hill, the worthy ancestor of our bistros was born. 180th anniversary.
A traiteur (/ ˈ t r ɛ t ɜːr /; [1] French: [tʁɛ.tœʁ]) is a French food-seller, whose places of business were arguably the precursors of the modern restaurant. [2] Prior to the late 18th century, diners who wished to "dine out" could dine at a traiteur's, or order meals to go.
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The Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (German for French Etymological Dictionary) or FEW is the principal etymological dictionary of the Gallo-Romance languages (such as French). It was the brainchild of the Swiss philologist Walther von Wartburg .