Tasting menu
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A tasting menu is a collection of several dishes in small portions, served by a restaurant as a single meal. The French name for a tasting menu is menu dégustation. Some restaurants and chefs speciali
The first course of a tasting menu in Ginza, Tokyo
Service à la française
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Service à la française is the practice of serving various dishes of a meal at the same time, with the diners helping themselves from the serving dishes. That contrasts to service à la russe in which d
Tasting menu
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Table layout for the second course, in Elizabeth Raffald's The Experienced English Housekeeper, 4th Edition, 1775. Identifiable dishes include three mammal species, four birds, and four of fishes and seafood.
The medieval predecessor of service à la française in the 1410s, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
Reconstruction of middle-class table set for eight, around 1800