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Ordering Wine at a Restaurant
You don’t need to know everything about wine selection when you are at a restaurant--no one knows it all anyway.
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Formal Place Setting
Don’t be afraid of choosing the proper utensil for the appropriate stage of the meal. Book after book provides reassurance on this point: use the outermost utensil or utensils, as necessary, one set for each course, and you can't go wrong—unless the place setting was set incorrectly.
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Utensil Etiquette
In general use, both spoon and fork are held horizontally by balancing them between the first knuckle of the middle finger and the tip of the index finger while the thumb steadies the handle. The knife is used with the tip of the index finger gently pressing out over the top of the blade to guide as you cut.
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Foods You Can Eat with Your Fingers
The artichoke is actually the leaf-enclosed flower bud of a plant that is in the thistle family. It is usually served steamed with a dipping sauce. To eat it, pull a leaf off, dip it, scrape the flesh from the base of the leaf with your top teeth, and discard the leaf on the plate provided for that purpose. You might also encounter a special plate made with a central niche for the artichoke, a niche for a small bowl of sauce, and a sort of moat all around on which the leaves are to be discarded. Continue eating the leaves until the prickly "choke" is revealed -- this is the point when it is clear you have a species of thistle in front of you. Switch to fork and knife, first to remove the choke, then to eat the heart and base.
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How to Use a Napkin
The napkin is meant only to be dabbed at the lips and should not get dirty in the process. The napkin aids in preserving cleanliness and proper appearance.
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Simple Dining Rules to Follow
1. Sit when and where the host tells you, or ask.
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Posture, Eating Soup and Passing the S&P
Keep your elbows off the table! Proper posture at the table is very important. Sit up straight, with your arms held near your body. You should neither lean on the back of the chair nor bend forward to place the elbows on the table. It is permissible to lean forward slightly every now and then and press your arms very lightly against the edge of the table.
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Dining Out is Great but There is Always the Math
The general rule for tipping in a restaurant is 15 to 20 percent of the check. You need to factor into the tip the size of your party, how busy the restaurant is and of course your satisfaction.
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