HOUSTON -- Planning the menu, cooking, cleaning - the holidays are stressful enough who has the extra time to spend on elaborate decorations? Oftentimes simple and chic is just as elegant, plus it ...

Napkins on the right or the left? Which way does the knife face, anyway? Sometimes it’s just plain hard to remember. Follow this guide and your table will look picture perfect, whether you're going ...

Five cute snowman plates for Christmas Holiday table-setting decorations! Fun inspiration for cute DIY snowman place setting ...

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High on the list of topics for any seminar I deliver is dining etiquette. That makes sense. After all, the business meal is a place where people take the measure of each other. “Is this a person I ...

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Whether you're hosting a crowd or having an intimate holiday dinner for two, a little Thanksgiving table setting inspiration can help make your celebration a success. Beautiful and elegant ...

It wasn’t a reader letter about formal place settings. It was a real, live person, sitting at a table in front of me. But I wasn’t dining with him. I was his server. Earlier this month, I had the ...

Ordinary objects can sometimes be transformed into significant artifacts simply by being in a particular place at a particular time. The place setting that occupies a case in the Sixth Floor Museum at ...