Better Etiquette

We are attending a 6:00 p.m. wedding on September 5 th , before Labor Day. The informal, modern invitation does not address dress at all. T...

bd How often at a fine restaurant, crowded dinner party, or round table, has the person next to you eaten your bread? What should you do? Wh...

Going to a Black Tie party this summer in Tuxedo Park, New York? Going to an evening wedding in Newport or Long Island? Maybe just a simple,...

Europeans used to dine just like Americans, eating with their fork in their right hand, until the 1840's. Then, the British upper classe...

With daily life as casual as it is today, it still helps to know the Forms Of Service you may encounter at a wedding, company function, fam...

Middle Eastern Manners - Part II Arab Languages are related to Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac. Thee are dozens of regional dialects. There are 2...

Y'all have all seen the old movies as the butler in formal dress stiffly walks into the library and presents the gentleman or lady of t...

The key to the place setting universe is: Work Your Way From The Outside, In Simple, really! Life does not have to be complicated and you ...

Our Mothers say to us as children: "Mind your table manners, for one day, you may be invited to the White House for dinner." Well,...

  Bonjour! The word "sorbet" is French for "sherbet". Parlais vous Francais?   Sorbet is simply fruited ice made from t...