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[an'-ti-PAS-toe, awn'-tee-PAWS-toe] 
1. a course of appetizers in an Italian meal, especially a combination of smoked meats, marinated fish, cheese, and vegetables: "Jan loved going to Italian restaurants, but she was limited to antipasto by her low carbohydrate diet."
Origin:
Approximately 1585; from Italian, literally 'before food' ('anti-': before, from Latin 'ante-' + 'pasto': food, from Latin 'pastus,' past participle of 'pascere': to feed). In action:
"The antipasto, assorted cold cuts - 'Harmony' dishes - would include Ilan smoked duck, mullet roe, Donggang shrimp and Tainan smoked-tea goose, the chef explained.
There would also be a soup consisting of Tainan milkfish balls and squid balls, that signifies 'National Reunion.'
The main dishes would include Hakka style glutinous rice, symbolizing 'Love for the Hometown.'"
Wang Chung-ming. "Inauguration bash to feature theme of 'ethnic harmony'," Taiwan News (May 14, 2004).
"The regular menu holds some winners, too. To begin, there are terrific, tender whole grilled squid that rest atop a bed of crunchy lettuce and chopped tomato, drizzled with aromatic basil pesto. A squeeze of lemon plays perfectly off the smoky, garlicky flavor. I'm also fond of the fried calamari, which are soft and lightly battered, although the accompanying tomato-based dipping sauce needs a little zip. The grilled portobello mushrooms are the best part of the otherwise ho-hum antipasto platter. Why not skip the platter, with its rubbery mozzarella cheese strips, and just order the portobellos � la carte? You can't go wrong with the Caesar salad, made of romaine chunks tossed with a pleasing anchovy-laced dressing."
"A Relative Success: With San Vito, Gian Piero Mazzi has created a restaurant of, by and for the family." [Food Review: San Vito Ristorante Italiano] The Washington Post (May 16, 2004).
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