YOUR GUIDE FOR FORMAL DINING

Your Guide for Formal Dining

By Jonathan Able

If you are invited to a fancy dinner party, wedding, or some other formal occasion and you are unsure of which silverware or goblet to use, here is a map of a traditional place setting for formal dinners.

A.) Napkin
B.) Dinner plate
C.) Salad plate
D.) Bread plate
E.) Water glass
F.) Red wineglass
G.) White wineglass
H.) Fish fork
I.) Dinner fork
J.) Salad fork
K.) Dinner knife
L.) Fish knife
M.) Soup spoon
N.) Dessert spoon and fork