SUZANNE VON DRACHENFELS

Coming together to share a meal is one of our most vital traditions. Whether dining with friends, family, or business associates, we know that an elegant setting and gracious manners bring a sense of harmony and order to the occasion.  Yet when it comes to knowing precisely how to set a table for formal and informal dining, which fork is for dessert and which for appetizer, how to serve different types of wine -- even how to eat certain foods -- many of us are not fully confident.

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THE ART OF THE TABLE 
A Complete Guide to Table Setting, 
Table Manners and Tableware

Suzanne von Drachenfels learned this firsthand in her career as an expert on table setting, tableware, and etiquette. Conducting seminars throughout the country, she would hear the same questions again and again:  Should bread be buttered entirely or bite by bite? What is the purpose of holding a wine glass by the stem or the base? Is handmade crystal worth the price difference?

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"The Art of the Table is a must have – fun to read and chock full of information – that will help America raise its hosting and guesting manners by several degrees. As young people begin to renounce their plastic flatware . . . this book will be invaluable. And for anyone setting a table, it's an ABC primer!" 
– Letitia Baldridge, former White House Social Secretary