Pay attention, ladies and gentlemen, because this is some good knowledge to store away! Whether you're hosting a dinner party or are simply setting the table for dinner, it makes a good impression to set a proper table. After all, nobody will notice if you order take-out food to pass off as your own cooking, as long as you put it on the good dinnerware! Here's the breakdown, according to Apartment Therapy:
A Casual Setting
This is the everyday table setting and follows just a few rules that are built on for the fancier settings:
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| Photo courtesy Maxwell Ryan. |
Fork - To the left at 9:00
Knife & Spoon - To the right at 3:00 with the knife on the inside facing in (so the blade is safely towards the plate)
Glass - On the upper right at 1:00
Napkin - Underneath your forks, though you can technically play with your napkin and place it on plate or outside forks.
A Fancy Setting
Built off of the above, this roadmap allows for all the other utensils needed at a fancy meal and follows the guide that you start on the outside and move inwards towards the plate during the course of the meal.
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| Photo courtesy Maxwell Ryan. |
Flatware - Forks go on the left at 9:00 with the smallest on the outside (dinner, salad and then fish fork). Knife goes on the right with spoons at 3:00 with the smallest spoons on the outside (soup and then fruit spoon)
Any flatware used for dessert goes at the top at 12:00 (dessert spoon and fork)
Glasses - Red or wine (or both) glasses are placed at the upper right at 1:00 with water and/or champagne above that to the left. I typically have only a water and wine glass, but you can provide lots of options here for your guests if you wish and then remove what they don't use.
Napkin - I always like to have the napkin under the forks to the left, but it is proper to have the napkin actually on the dinner plate. Either way, just don't stuff the napkin in the wine glass and try to make it look like a swan.
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