furshet

[Alina Israeli]

You are correct, buffet a la fourchette got reduced lately (in English it's
reduced to the first one, in Russian to the second, since bufet occupies a
few functions already). The phrase a la fourchette was known by those in
the know. Cf. "shvedskij stol", but the difference is whether one is
expected to pay, for the "shvedskij stol" a cover fee, or not pay -
"furshet".

>Furshet, a l(y)a furshet < French "fourchette"
>
>Is this a recent word in Russian? Is it used for any "bufet a la
>furshet" or is reserved for lofty occasions?
>
>As far as know, one does not say "buffet ` la fourchette" in French.
>
>John Dingley

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