"Table Manners" will recall, in a clear and concise fashion, the most important etiquette to be observed at formal lunches and dinners, which traditionally are the best occasions to display good manners. It provides useful information for people wishing to organize a friendly meeting between friends or persons with whom they intend to establish a relationship or to reciprocate an earlier invitation.
This material represents proper manners form another era, and the reader should take into account two closely related aspects: the first is that countless factors such as work-related stress, insufficient time for public relations and the reduced size of living areas have led to social situations that are vastly different from those of classical times, requiring some slight deviation from orthodox behavior. The second, the role of men and women has dramatically changed, and in most cases the host no longer benefits from the support of domestic help in managing all aspects of the convivial meeting. Hence the need for a tool as nimble and easy to consult as this compendium, whose purpose is to assist the hosts in achieving success of proper table manners.