History

In cultures around the world, dessert or pudding is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food. The word comes from the French language as dessert and this from Old French : desservir, "to clear the table" and "to serve." During the first, nobles  and servants  would eat together in the same room. During the second - dessert, the noble family would retreat in separate private quarters for an intimate part of the meal without servants. The food consumed during dessert included but was not limited to sweets.

Common Western desserts include cakes, biscuits, gelatin dessert, pastries, ice cream, pies, pudding, and candies. Fruits may also be eaten with or as a dessert. Variations of desserts can be found all around the world, such as in Russia, they breakfast their own food with honey and jam are also popular as desserts.