Editing Outline of meals (section)

==== Styles of meal, by format ====

* [[Airline meal]] – A meal served on an airplane. 
* [[Banquet]] – large, formal, elaborate meal, with many guests and dishes.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banquet "Banquet."] (definition). [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ Merriam-webster.com]. Accessed August 2011.</ref>
* [[Barbecue]] – meal at which food (often meat or fish) is cooked out-of-doors on an open fire or portable grill.<ref>{{Citation  | title=Outdoor: grill your way 'round the world | author1=O'Donoghue, Ben | author-link=Ben O'Donoghue | year=2008 | publisher=Hardie Grant Books | location = Prahran, Victoria, Australia |isbn =9781740665599}}</ref>
* [[Blue-plate special]] – term used in the United States by restaurants that refers to a specially low-priced meal, usually changing daily.
* [[Buffet]] / [[Smörgåsbord]] – typically involves patrons serving themselves from foods placed in a public area. Buffets are effective for serving large numbers of people at once, and are often seen in institutional settings, such as business conventions or large parties. Some restaurants also offer buffets such as; lunch buffets, different cultural buffets, Simple Buffet, Station-type buffet, Modified deluxe buffet, Deluxe buffet, and other specific buffet restaurants.
* [[Collation (meal)|Collation]] &ndash;
* [[Family meal]] &ndash; 
* [[Field ration]] &ndash;
** [[Meal, Ready-to-Eat]] &ndash;
* [[Haute cuisine]] &ndash;
* [[Kaiseki]] &ndash;
* [[Kids' meal]] – 
* [[Meals on Wheels]] &ndash; meals delivered as a service to the homes of people who are unable to prepare their own.<ref>{{Citation | title=Meals on Wheels : what it is - how it began - what it is now - what it can become! | author1=Meals on Wheels Inc. (S. Aust.) | year=1963  | publisher=Meals on Wheels}}</ref>
* [[Multicourse meal]] – meal of multiple dishes served in sequence.
** [[Full course dinner]] &ndash; in its simplest form, it can consist of three or four courses, such as soup, salad, meat and dessert. In formal dining, a full course dinner can consist of many courses, and in some instances the courses are carefully planned to complement each other gastronomically.
** [[Main course]] &ndash; featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the [[entrée]] ("entry") course. In the United States it may in fact be called "entree."
* [[Picnic]] &ndash; outdoor meal where one brings one's food, such as a [[sandwich]] or a prepared meal (sometimes in a [[picnic basket]]). It often takes place in a natural or recreational area, such as a park, forest, beach, or lawn. On long drives a picnic may take place at a roadside stop such as a [[rest area]]. Picnics are often consumed on a [[picnic table]].
* [[Platter (dinner)|Platter]] &ndash; 
* [[Potluck]] – gathering of people where each person or group of people may contribute a dish of food prepared by the person or the group of people, to be shared among the group.
* [[School meal]] – 
* "[[TV dinner]]" &ndash;
* [[Value meal]] &ndash;
* [[Yum cha]] – [[Cantonese cuisine|Cantonese]] morning or afternoon meal where [[dim sum]] dishes<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CML_o_k8r5kC&pg=PA145 | title=Hong Kong | publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] |author1=Sterling, Richard |author-link=Richard Sterling |author2=Chong, Elizabeth |author2-link=Elizabeth Chong |author3=Qin, Lushan Charles | year=2001 | pages=145 | isbn=1864502886}}</ref> and [[tea]] are served. In the U.S. and U.K., the word dim sum is often used in place of yum cha.