Lably
Skip to content

Course (food)

Set of foods served together during a meal

  • 1 min read
  • 1 chapter

Related on Lably

Through Food and Meal

LabImprovement in Food ResourcesLabImprovement in Food ResourcesLab · Class 3–4Healthy FoodLab · Class 4–6Food and Nutrition

When dishes are served mostly in a single course, this is known in formal terms as service à la française; when dishes are served mostly in separate courses, this is called service à la russe.

Etymology

The word is derived from the French word cours (run), and came into English in the 14th century. It came to be used perhaps because the food in a banquet serving had to be brought at speed from a remote kitchen – in the 1420 cookbook Du fait de cuisine the word "course" is used interchangeably with the word for serving.

More in Cooking, food and drink

WineAlcoholic drink made from grapesHoneySweet and viscous substance made by beesVegetarianismAbstaining from the consumption of meatBeerAlcoholic drink made from fermented cereal grainsPoultryDomesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, meat or feathersBeefMeat from cattle