Miss Manners: Help me remember the logic behind this table-setting etiquette

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Modern dining etiquette: What still matters and what doesn't

Dining etiquette has always reflected more than table manners. It signals respect, awareness of others, and an understanding ...
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How to Set a Table for Any Occasion

Dining habits have changed drastically over the years. And while dining etiquette is still just as valuable as good table manners, some more traditional expectations have fallen by the wayside, ...
USA Today

How to set the table, according to an etiquette expert

— Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through the links below may earn us and our publishing partners a commission. Setting a formal dining table isn’t ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Dinner host has questions on table settings, etiquette

Q: I need help. We are hosting our first dinner for my in-laws, but I’ve never really set a table properly. How do you do it? A: Don’t feel alone. Even though there’s much research out there that ...
People

Table Setting 101: Here's How to Set a Thanksgiving Table that Will Impress Even Your In-Laws

Mackenzie Schmidt is the Home and Travel Editor for PEOPLE. She's worked at PEOPLE for over five years as a writer and editor on the Lifestyle team. Real talk: You eat all your meals on the couch.
Yahoo

Don't know where knives, forks and spoons go on a table? You're not alone.

QUESTION: I have attended two luncheons recently where the knife blade was pointed outward. I was taught to point that knife inward for proper table etiquette. Which way is right? Also on the table ...
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The Historic Reason Your Mom Always Told You To Not Put Your Elbows On The Table

Raise your hand if you've ever rested your elbows on the table during a meal and got scolded. There's a reason why this seems ...
Sun Journal

Table setting etiquette

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Sitting down to dinner at a properly set table can be a little ...
The Advocate

Can elbows sit on the dinner table? I took an etiquette class in Baton Rouge to find out.

At our home in Covington, my Cuban mother taught me to chew with my mouth closed. And that was the extent of my table manners. My mom cooked every night, mostly American or Cuban food, and we only ...
Buffalo News

SETTING THE TABLE FOR ETIQUETTE

Miss Manners is astounded to see this question attached to her Gentle Readers' expressions of surprise when they encounter restaurant tables that are set differently from what they had believed to be ...