Skill evident in a trim menu offering
I believe the answer is:
a la carte
'skill evident in a trim menu offering' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'skill evident in a trim menu offering' is the wordplay.
'skill' becomes 'art' (I've seen this before).
'evident in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'trim menu offering' becomes 'lace' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'lace'='alace'
'art' placed inside 'alace' is 'A LA CARTE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for a la carte that I've seen before include "The pick-what-you-like menu" , "on special order" , "Unrestricted in restaurant choice" , "not fixed at table" , "Showing individual price of fare" .)