The Goddard School
Westerville, OH:
Encouraging Good Table Manners
With holiday meals soon to be in full swing, our younger diners may benefit from these simple tips for minding their manners when dining with others. •If the meal is not buffet style, wait until everyone has been seated and has their food before beginning to eat. •Place your napkin in your lap before beginning to eat and use it to dab your mouth, when necessary. •If you have to blow your nose or pick your teeth, excuse yourself to go to another room or restroom. •Always say "excuse me" should you burp. •If you don't think you like something…
Table Manners vs Difficult Food: How To Eat A Lobster
Lobster is one of the world's most difficult foods to eat: that's why FLD teaches you how to eat lobster easily. Don't miss this video!
Table manners with chopsticks and other fun facts
Today, more than 20% of the world’s population relies on chopsticks for eating.
Etiquette quiz tests knowledge of table manners
Daily Mail posted a story with an etiquette quiz that tests your knowledge of table manners. The website says the quiz was created to help test your etiquette and see whether you are the perfect di…
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Stop annoying others by keeping your cell phone off the table, holding doors for people, and learning the proper rules of etiquette for every situation.
Ikea Is Developing a Table That Tells You What to Cook
A Mealtime Meditation: How to Bring Mindfulness to the Table
There is a practical value to the age-old spiritual practice of saying grace or offering some kind of prayer before a meal. It’s a way of pausing and focusing the mind on the matter at hand—the meal we are about to eat. It’s a manner of acknowledging the importance our food—the thing that enables us [...]
What Waiting Tables Can Teach Us about Turnover
National Waitstaff Day reminds us of a really great tip the restaurant and food service industries teach us about creating a great employee experience.
Have good manners fallen by the wayside?
Are we becoming more accepting of rude or disrespectful behaviour?
Manners or morals? The choice is easy when the stakes are this high
People like the owner of the Red Hen restaurant have a right to express opinions about how government is being conducted
How good are your manners? Take the quiz
British manners are an institution in themselves, and while saying “please” and “thank you” is straightforward enough, the more old-fashioned traditions of etiquette can seem an absolute minefield. Most people believe that there was once a “golden age” of glorious, British politeness, but recent studies find we still care very much about bad manners and unkindness from both friends and strangers.
Miss Manners: How long should I grovel?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the most appropriate way to grovel? I once stood up a former co-worker for lunch by complete accident — the first, and...
I'm frustrated with the lack of manners these days. What can I do?
How do I put my foot down without being rude myself?
Tips For Buying Restaurant Dinnerware
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One Table, Many Dinners
Customize dinners for everyone in the family by making smart tweaks to a meal. No one’s dietary preferences are left out, and the cook is happy because everyone eats.
9 everyday missteps that make you look like you never learned your manners
These everyday, commonplace behaviors might rub a lot of people the wrong way.
Miss Manners: Must I stop and talk when I'm in a hurry?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend calls out to you in a parking lot. You wave hello, and keep going to your destination. Is it OK just to wave to a friend when...
Steam Table Buying Guide
For any restaurant or food service business that wants to keep food at countertop level and heat it to safe temperatures, steam tables can be an excellent purchase and a vital part of daily operations. These kinds of restaurant equipment do a lot for restaurant people. They are a key …
