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What's the French Word for That Austrian Thing?

Longing for Vienna with gemischter satz and open-faced sandwiches.

Jason Wilson
Oct 21, 2022
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Open-faced sandwiches, Trzesniewski (Photo by Schöning/ullstein bild/Getty)

My memory is going. Not too long ago, I forgot the French words that we English speakers use to refer to small food items served before a meal. I literally could not recall the term hors d’oeuvre. “You know,” I said, “that French word for finger food.” Amuse-bouche? Canapé? “Ser…

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