ISBN:
9781510717671
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (173 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Mayo, Fred Modern American Manners : Dining Etiquette for Hosts and Guests
DDC:
395
Keywords:
Table etiquette-United States
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Dinners and dining-United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This practical and humorous guide helps readers learn appropriate manners so they can enjoy the pleasures of good food, good drink, and good company without worrying about what behavior is proper. Chapters cover how to be a good host, how to be a good guest, and how to behave at business events, cocktail parties, formal dinners, and restaurants. There is also a unique chapter discussing pet peeves and how to handle them with grace, civility, and appropriate manners. What's the proper way to hold a wine glass? What's an appropriate gift to bring a hostand what shouldn't you bring? How should you correctly introduce guests to each other? If you're the host, how do you determine who should sit next to whom? What should you do if you don't want to drink alcohol at a cocktail party? What is appropriate cell phone usage at a business dinner? Here are easy-to-implement answers to these and many other important etiquette questions. Lavishly illustrated with memorable full-color photographs that highlight both good and bad table manners, Modern American Manners is full of friendly advice for business professionals, college students entering the workplace, and anyone needing a refresher course or an introduction to proper behavior
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who Will Benefit from This Book? -- Global and Local Manners -- Scope of This Book -- Ways to Use This Book -- Chapter 1. Civility, Manners, and Etiquette -- Civility -- Graciousness -- Manners -- Etiquette -- Chapter 2. Conduct Becoming a Guest -- Basic Principles of Good Manners -- Responding to an Invitation -- Hostess Gifts -- Greetings -- Cocktails or Before-Dinner Drinks -- Sitting Down to Eat -- Beginning the Meal -- Bread and Butter -- Unusual Goods -- Carrying on Conversations -- Glasses and Stemware -- Flatware -- Reaching or Passing Food -- Common Poor Manners and Courtesy -- Fingers, Hands, and Elbows -- Excusing Yourself -- Ending the Meal -- Leaving the Table -- Ending the Evening -- Thank You -- Thank You Notes -- Thank You Presents -- Thank You by Email -- Chapter 3. Conduct Becoming a Host -- Hosting -- Guidelines for Hosting -- Invitations -- Greeting Guests -- Seating Guests -- Eating Dinner -- Starting and Facilitating Conversations -- Challenges at Dinner -- Extending the Dinner Party -- Encouraging Guests to Leave -- Chapter 4. A Well-Set Table -- Getting Started -- Designing a Beautiful Table -- Centerpieces -- Placing Plates -- Setting the Table with Flatware -- Placing Glasses -- Napkins -- Place Cards -- Serving Styles and Serving Dishes -- Chapter 5. Cocktail Party Manners -- Types of Cocktail Parties -- Before the Party -- Entering the Party -- Being Introduced -- Mixing and Mingling -- Eating -- Not Drinking Alcohol -- Making Conversation -- Drinking -- Leaving the Cocktail Party -- Chapter 6. Manners in Business Settings -- The Setting -- Types of Business Events -- Networking -- Introductions -- Meeting and Greeting -- Badges -- Principles of Manners at Business Events -- Seating at a Business Event
Abstract:
Selecting Menu Items at Business Events -- Dress Codes -- Table Manners -- Hosting a Business Meal -- Cell Phone and Technology Manners -- Cultural Variations -- Sexism and Gallantry -- Spouses and Partners -- Leaving the Event -- Chapter 7. Pet Peeves at Dinner Parties -- Poor Eating Habits -- Poor Manners -- Restaurant Behavior -- Serving Issues in Restaurants -- Host and Hostess Issues -- Conversational Gaffes -- Inappropriate Personal Grooming -- Behavior of Children -- Chapter 8. Special Situations: Political Events, Dating Manners, and Very Formal Settings -- Manners for Public Servants and Elected Officials -- Hosting Public Servants -- Dating and Manners -- Very Formal Dinners -- Being Served in Very Formal Settings -- Chapter 9. Enjoying Yourself -- Monitoring Voice Tone and Volume -- Using Language with Care -- Dressing to Enjoy Yourself -- Managing Personal Space -- Treating Restaurants with Respect -- Tipping -- Pleasures of the Table and the Evening -- Works Cited -- Acknowledgments
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