The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting, Table Manners and Tableware
Editorial Reviews
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Do you know how to set the table? Worry about your dinner manners? Finally, with The Art of the Table, Suzanne von Drachenfels comes to the rescue with a truly comprehensive guide to the correct use of tableware and confidence-building information about proper dining etiquette. Von Drachenfels, a former Tabletop Consultant for dinnerware makers Fitz & Floyd, defines the vocabulary of tableware and explains the selection, use, and care of dinnerware, flatware, stemware, and table linens. She expertly details the basic service techniques for all types of entertainment, and even includes advice on menu planning. Learn how to read the labels of wine bottles or how to filet a fish at the table; learn where and when to sit down and the proper way to eat finger foods.
Spicing up the how-to text are fascinating tidbits of social and culinary history. Who knew, for instance, that the first napkin was a lump of dough or that ancient Egyptian feasts often concluded with a coffin laid out with an imitation skeleton to remind diners to appreciate the bounteous gifts of life? The author reveals the origins of everyday expressions--such as "eating humble pie"--and covers the history of table manners to shed light on the commonsense reasons behind today's customs. Food service professionals--restaurateurs, service staff, and caterers--will find the book an indispensable guide to the correct way to set a table and present food, but anyone who has a need or yearning to know the nitty-gritty of table setting, table manners, and tableware will be sure to find answers to all of their questions and more in this exhaustive reference book. --Robin Donovan
Review
Nathalie Dupree
television host and author of Nathalie Dupree's Comfortable Entertaining
When your boss is coming to dinner and you can't tell your dessert spoon from your demitasse spoon and you're wondering if you actually have a five o'clock spoon, turn to The Art of the Table for all the answers on the finer points of dining and tableware.
Bert P. Cutino
cofounder of the Sardine Factory Restaurant and Monterey chapter president of the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, the world's oldest gastronomic association
A great experience awaits in reading The Art of the Table. I highly recommend it.
Letitia Baldrige
former White House social secretary
The Art of the Table is a must have -- fun to read and chock full of information -- that will help America raise its hosting and guesting manners by several degrees. As young people begin to renounce their plastic flatware,...this book will be invaluable. And for anyone setting a table, it's an ABC primer!
Jacques Pépin
PBS-TV cooking show host, cookbook author, and cooking teacher
The arts of cooking and wine making have made tremendous headway in the last few years. It is time for someone to teach us how to properly and elegantly serve and enjoy the fruits of this progress. The Art of the Table is that guide.
Nancy Dunnan
coauthor of The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette
Suzanne von Drachenfels's charming book, The Art of the Table, combines the history of what we eat with how we eat in a way that will appeal to those who entertain, those who are interested in the history of civilization, and those who simply want to know what the rules are.
The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting, Table Manners and Tableware
The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting, Table Manners, and Tableware,Suzanne Von Drachenfels,Simon & Schuster,0684847329,Cooking,Cooking / Wine,Etiquette,General,Reference,Table etiquette,Table setting and decoration,Tablesetting,Tableware,House & Home / General
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