Miss Manners' Basic Training: Eating - Hardcover

Martin, Judith

 
9780517701867: Miss Manners' Basic Training: Eating

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Teaches the rules of eating in good company, from setting a proper table to negotiating the cheese topping on French onion soup to dealing with a screaming baby in a restaurant

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Judith Martin is the author of the internationally syndicated Miss Manners newspaper column.

Judith Martin is the author of Miss Manners' Basic Training: Communication and the best-selling Miss Manners Rescues Civilization, among six other best-selling etiquette books, and the internationally syndicated Miss Manners newspaper column. She and her husband, a scientist and playwright, live in Washington, D.C.

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day, three or more times, yet the skill of taking nourishment properly has all but disappeared from our society. We are afflicted with fear of forks and baffled by the sight of more than one plate before us on the table. Blame it on the demise of the family dinner or the advent of "do your own thing, many of us have never learned, or have simply forgotten, the rules for eating in civilized company.<br><br>In her fabulously witty style, Miss Manners reacquaints us with the proper use of implements for navigating nourishment from plate to mouth and gives specific, practical advice on all manner of mealtime issues:<br><br><br>Serving takeout food<br>How to fillet a fish, pound (pop open) a crab, and cope with the mysteries of the mango, the artichoke, a thick, juicy steak, and that long stringy glop of cheese atop French onion soup<br>Safely feeding children in restaurants<br>Place cards and seating plans for dinner parties<br>Rules for vegetarians and other special cases

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