### Clue: Skipping starter, meat with endless wine; amaretti and grappa at the end: heavenly dining! (8)
### Answer: AMBROSIA 
 ### Explanation: Definition: heavenly dining
A charade of [l]AMB ('meat') minus the first letter ('skipping starter') plus ROS[é] ('wine') minus the last letter ('endless') plus IA ('amarett**I** and grapp**A** at the end').