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Dining Etiquette, A Firm That Provides Etiquette And Protocol Training

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Nancy Mitchell is owner of the Etiquette Advocate, a firm that provides etiquette and protocol training. She has composed sixteen video segments that provide an extensive overview of dining etiquette. The first video begins with an introduction and the remaining fifteen videos cover everything from the invitation and RSVP to the toasting rules with proper dining etiquette mixed in between. Each video was very informative, but some information was just common sense no-no’s, such as taking medication, picking your teeth, and applying lipstick while seated at the table. I learned details from each presentation including the introductory. In the introduction Ms. Mitchell describes her firm in Washington, DC as an organization that provides …show more content…

This is done many times throughout the meal. In European style cuts are still made one at a time but the fork stays in the left hand and the knife stays in the right. Taking a drink or getting a bite of bread would be the only time the utensils would need to be put down while dining European style. Soup is dipped from a 12 o’clock position, drug across the rim, and brought to the mouth to sip from the edge of the soup spoon. Between bites the soup spoon can be left in a shallow bowl called a soup plate, but should be placed on the liner if the soup is served in a bowl or cup. When finished with the main course the utensils should be placed in a 10:20 clock position on the plate. In American style dining the knife and fork are close together and parallel, with the tines of the fork up and in the European style the fork tines face down. If a salad course was served and the salad knife was not used it should still be placed on the salad plate when finished. At no time should a used utensil be placed back on the table.
The two styles do share the same place setting and the grip of the utensils. Spoons are held as you would grip a pencil. When a knife is being used to make cuts it should be held with the index finger placed in the jointed area where the handle of the knife meets the knife blade. The exception to this rule is the fish knife. It is

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