"From" this to this is an idiom meaning from the start of a meal (or something else) to the end
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transferring the idea of digestion from the stomach to mulling something over in... [DOC] [TLE] the beginning of the end Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary [PAR] the beginning of the end meaning, definition, what is the beginning of the end: 
the point where something starts to get gradually worse, until it fails or ends [DOC] [TLE] From soup to nuts | Define From soup to nuts at Dictionary.com [PAR] From soup to nuts definition, a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, 
fish, ... from the first through the last course of a meal.