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How to set a table
By admin | March 22, 2009
In today’s world, the rules of setting a table are wide open. If you wish to set a table according to the etiquette rules of 1940’s, you won’t get your answers here.
The first rule of setting a table: It is your table, make it personal. Use dinnerware, flatware, glassware, whatever that is a piece of you. It may be a dinnerware pattern you love, your grandmother’s flatware, your aunt’s crystal glasses, whatever it is, it has a meaning and a story for you.
The second rule is concerns space. You can’t have a successful dinner, if everyone is crammed together. So, don’t forget to allow for plenty of elbow room.
Basic table setting from left to right: small salad fork (if serving salad, if not, don’t put it out), dinner fork, dinner plate, dinner knife, spoon. The bread plate goes above the forks and the if there is a butter fork, put it on the bread plate. The water or wine glass goes above the knife. If you are serving soup, put the soup bowl on top of the dinner plate.
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