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Master setting a formal dinner table

Master Setting a Formal Dinner Table!!

‘The star of the show’: Elevate your dining room with the perfect light fixture

A dining room light fixture is a major design choice. Here, designers share the factors they take into consideration and some of their favorite styles.

Miss Manners: I learned formal dining rules that now seem obsolete

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to whether traditional place setting rules have ...

Miss Manners: What’s the rule on using bread plates at a formal dinner party?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was taught that at formal dinner parties, bread plates were not used, and that they were not considered part of a formal place setting for multi-course meals. Now, I am given to ...
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Miss Manners: Table setting rules seem obsolete

I was taught that bread plates were not used, and that they were not considered part of a formal place setting for multi-course meals.