DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do you set the table when the salad is served at the same time as the rest of the meal? I went to a friend’s house and she put the salad fork to the left of the regular fork. We ...
GENTLE READER: Although there is, today, too much blurring of the professional and personal spheres, it was always understood ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My mother told me, long ago, why table knives are placed with the cutting edge towards the plate, but I have forgotten. Would you be so kind as to remind me, as my mother is no ...