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How to Set a Table: Basic, Casual, and Formal Table Settings
Learn how to set a table, from a basic table setting, to an informal table setting for a casual dinner party, to a formal ...
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Learning How to Properly Set a Table Turns It Into an Easy Daily Ritual
That said, there are many customs of a bygone era worth keeping around, and knowing how to set a table is one of them. If you ...
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Miss Manners: What’s the most polite way to set a dinner table when one guest will not be eating any food?
What is the most polite way to set the dinner table when one person will not be eating any food? Should there still be plates and flatware at their spot, or only glasses? Or a full place setting ...
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How Table Manners as We Know Them Were a Renaissance Invention
During the Middle Ages, most dining tables were simply boards placed over trestles, a practice that survives in the expression “set the table.” The board was then covered with a cloth ...