Posted on: March 3, 2008
Places, Everyone!
Today’s tabletops might have Grandma turning in her grave, but the rules governing where to place flatware and dishes still reign supreme. Here’s a reminder
By Lisa Bertagnoli
CTW Features
Image courtesy Stock.XCHNG
ON THE LEFT
• Dinner fork: left of dinner plate
• Salad fork: left of dinner fork
• Napkin: folded and placed left of dinner fork
• Bread plate: above forks, with butter knife on upper rim.
IN THE MIDDLE
• Dinner plate with salad plate on top
ON THE RIGHT
• Dinner knife: right of dinner plate
• Dessert spoon: right of dinner knife
• Soup spoon: right of dessert spoon
• Wine glass: above dinner knife
• Water glass: right of wineglass
Source: Nesting: It’s a Chick Thing, by Ame Mahler Beanland and Emily Miles Terry