appetizer

With that, the former king of a former Wall Street lifted the plate that held his appetizer and asked, sweetly, “Would you like a deviled egg?”

The menu is extensive, with cold and hot appetizers, stews, rice and noodles, and of course, meat grilled expertly at the table as you watch.

On standard Italian menus, pasta is known as a “first course,” in what amounts to a second appetizer.

The firm’s lawyers, a judge once said, seem unable to “order appetizers without a Power Point.”

“It was fascinating to see that the water with the lighter mineral content paired nicely with our appetizers.”