| A | B |
|---|
| Above the Fork to the Upper Left | Salad plate, with bread and butter plate |
| Beverageware or Glassware | Cups, and glasses used for drinking |
| Buffet Service | When large groups of people need to be served |
| Courses | Dish or set of dishes served together, forming part of the meal |
| Cups, Saucers | Needed for informal, right side of the dinner plate |
| Customary Tip | 15/20% of the bill before taxes |
| Dinner Fork | Left side ot the dinner plate, with napkin, salad fork and salad plate |
| Dinnerware | Plates , cups, saucers and bowls |
| Eating Utensils (General Guidelines) | Used from the outside in, or follow host or hostess, to avoid insulting or embarrasssing anyone. |
| Entree' | The main dish of a meal |
| Etiquette | Customary code of polite behavior in society. |
| Family Service | Less formal type of meal service, used at home or home style resturant |
| Flatware/Silverware | Forks, spoons, butter knives and knives. |
| Hollowware | Soup Turens, Serving bowls, and gravy boats |
| Honoring the Elders | Helping grandfather to the table and pulling out the chair |
| Inappropriate Behavior | Becoming noisy and refusing to leave a tip. |
| Knife | Right hand side, with waterglass, beverage and spoons. Right of the dinner plate |
| Manners | Social behavior, how a person acts with others |
| Napkins | Left side of the dinner plate |
| Place Setting/Cover | All items each person will need for eating |
| Plate Service | Used in Resturants, food plated in kitchn area and served |
| Pleasant Dinning Experience | Cutting food into small bites and chewing with mouth closed |
| Rude Behavior | Leaving table before everyone has finished |
| Russian/ Continental | Very formal style of meal service. No serving dishes used, table cleared after each course |
| Salad Fork | Fork Farthest from the plate on the right side |
| Soup Spoon | Farthest from the plate on the right hand side |
| Table Etiquette | Set of rules to follow when eating |
| Washing Hands before going to the Table | When you have been outside pruning houseplants |
