We are starting with a soup course. Soup might be ladled from a soup tureen, or as we have it, already in bowls as we sit down. Most of the guests tonight have rimmed soup bowls, also called deep plates. I have a cream soup bowl, which is smaller in diameter and taller with no […]
Read MoreWe arrive into the dining room to find the table set for dinner. But tonight not all the place settings match. Sometimes it is fun and perfectly acceptable to use a variety of different china patterns and other things to make the table interesting. Here the china matches, but the differences are in the settings […]
Read MoreThe etiquette talk was an important part of the evenings and we started with a bit of definition. Simply put, etiquette is the code of rules which a society holds to establish expected behavior. My talk is exclusively about etiquette at dinner and in western Europe and the United States which, for the most part, […]
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The final Downton Abbey inspired dinner and etiquette talk is over, the third leaf removed from the table, and the last of the leftovers delivered to the local food share. I think the guests enjoyed themselves; I certainly did despite all the work. I’m hoping to schedule a few more for next winter and looking […]
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