Buffet
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A buffet is a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners serve themselves. A form of service à la française, buffets are offered at various places including hote
Swedish smörgåsbord buffet
Dinner buffet in Americus Hotel (1955)
A small cold buffet at an art school exhibition
Easter celebration buffet at a school in Poland: Head cheese, boiled eggs, sausage, deviled eggs, rye bread, and stuffed eggs
Smorgasbord
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Smorgasbord or Smörgåsbord is a buffet-style meal of Swedish origin. It is served with various hot and mainly cold dishes. It assumed its present form in the 19th century, following old traditions.
Buffet
…for a set price, but some measure prices by weight or by number of dishes. Buffets usually have some or mostly hot dishes, so the term cold buffet (see Smörgåsbord) has been developed to describe formats lacking hot food. Hot or cold buffets usually involve dishware and utensils, but a finger buffet is an array…
A New Nordic Cuisine smörgåsbord
Between the 1950s and 70s, some restaurants in the USA advertised "smorgy" (later replaced by "buffet")
Smörgåsbord foods
Julbord aboard the cruise boat Gustavsberg VII in 1990