Chapter XI · Hors-d’Œuvres · No. 350

Built upon: No. 314Barquettes

350—Frivolities

I adopted the above term for those small, light, and elegant little preparations, the radical types whereof are No. 314, Barquettes and tartlets, which often take the place of hors-d’œuvres on a menu. The term seems plain, clear, and explicit, and no other could denote more happily this series of trifles which constitute mere gewgaws of the dining-table.

Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 350, p. 152. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).