A Lady at the Table: A Concise, Contemporary Guide to Table Manners (The GentleManners Series)

A Lady at the Table: A Concise, Contemporary Guide to Table Manners (The GentleManners Series)

<p><em>A Lady at the Table</em> will give any woman the knowledge she needs to maneuver any dining situation - from a casual meal of fried chicken at her mom's house to a seven-course dinner at the finest restaurant in the world. It includes. . . <br /></p><ul><li>How to set a table</li><li>How to pronounce more than 100 different food names</li><li>How to use obscure eating utensils</li><li>How to perform the Heimlich maneuver</li><li>How to eat more than 25 foods that are challenging to eat gracefully such as lobster, snails, fried chicken, and pasta. </li></ul><p>In a society where more and more people eat with plastic forks and spoons at fast food restaurants, it is still important that a lady know proper dining etiquette. Showing she has little working knowledge of table manners at a lunch meeting or on a job interview over dinner may have an important impact on a woman's life.</p><p>Like all the books in the GentleManners series, <em>A Lady at the Table</em> is easy to use, non-threatening, and an entertaining read. In addition to containing similar information as <em>A Gentleman at the Table</em>, <em>A Lady at the Table</em> deals with topics that apply uniquely to women such as how to respond when men rise as you leave or approach the table, how to react when a chair is pulled out for you and when it isn't, what to do when a man orders for you, and how to pay the check graciously when you are hosting a man.<br /></p>