Hors d'oeuvre
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A dish of mozzarella, olives and sun-dried tomatoes served alongside cured meats.
An hors d'oeuvre （/ɔːr ˈdɜːrv（rə）/ or DURV（-rə）; French: hors-d'œuvre [ɔʁ dœvʁ] （listen））, appetizer or starter is a small dish served before a meal in European cuisine.
Some hors d'oeuvres are served cold, others hot.
Hors d'oeuvres may be served at the dinner table as a part of the meal, or they may be served before seating, such as at a reception or cocktail party.
Formerly, hors d'oeuvres were also served between courses.
Typically smaller than a main dish, an hors d'oeuvre is often designed to be eaten by hand.
Hors-d'œuvre in French literally means "outside the work"; that is, "not part of the ordinary set of courses in a meal".
In practice, it is a dish which stands on its own as a snack or supports the main course.
The French spelling is the same for singular and plural usage; in English, the typographic ligature ⟨œ⟩ is usually replaced by the digraph ⟨oe⟩, with the plural occasionally written 'hors d'oeuvres' and pronounced /ɔːr ˈdɜːrvz/.
The hors d'oeuvre is also known as the starter or entrée.
A tray of canapés, a form of hors d'oeuvres, at a cocktail party A small number of food historians believe that the tradition may have begun in Russia, where small snacks of fish, caviar and meats were common after long travels.
However, it may be that the custom originated in China, possibly coming through Steppes, into Russia, Scandinavia, France and other European countries.
The tradition may have reached Italy, Greece and the Balkan nations through Russia or Persia.
Many national customs are related, including the Swedish smörgåsbord, Russian zakuska, middle eastern mezze, and Italian antipasto.
During the Roman Period the meal practice was to have two main courses which were supplemented before the meal wit...