DON’T PLAY WITH

YOUR

FOOD
*A little guide of table manners

Issue nº 1
 An important lunch or dinner
a bit more formal than usual, too many
cutlery pieces at both sides of our plate
(and our tension and nervousness as we
fail to realize what’s the specific use for
each one of them). Fear of screwing it up.
Constant peeks at the people around us to
see how they act...

You’ve probably found yourself or someone

you know in a similar situation. It is not
always easy to guess the correct use of
every piece of cutlery for each and every
occasion. Next you will find some useful
tips that will help you, not only to be the
perfect guest for every ocassion no matter
how formal it is, but also to be able to relax
and just enjoy your food!
INDEX
Learn the basics

1. Don’t panic and use the “right” hand...................................06

2. Why so many?................................................................................07
3. Napkins...........................................................................................07
4. Quarrel with bread and butter......................................................08
5. FRAGILE.........................................................................................08
6. Work in progress?.........................................................................09

Posture

7. Sit pretty.................................................................................10

Cutlery

8. Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight, be prepared...........................11

9. Don’t meet a “stick” end!..............................................................11

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 Simply banned

10. The basics....................................................................................12

Be a master

11. Intimidated? always prim and proper........................................13

12. Turn water into wine, learn some tips.......................................14

Around the world

13. Using utensils, “American style”................................................15

14. Use you hands!............................................................................16
15. Chopsticks taboos......................................................................17

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 1 Learn the basics Don’t panic and use the “right” hand

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3 2 1

4 4

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Why so many? Learn the basics 2

Napkins Learn the basics 3

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 4 Learn the basics Quarrel with bread and butter

5 Learn the basics FRAGILE

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Work in progress? Learn the basics 6

Traditions regarding
eating vary from
country to country.
While english people
place their knife and
fork together at six
o’clock, in another
countries they prefer
four past twenty.

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 7 Posture Sit pretty

10
Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight, be prepared Cutlery
8

Don’t meet a “stick” end! Cutlery

9

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8 Simply banned The basics

CHOMP
NOM NOM NOM

CRUNCH MMMM
TSK TSK GULP

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Intimidated? always prim and prop- Be a master
11

If you eat lobster in a

restaurant, the lobster
usually has been
already prepared in
the kitchen by cutting
incissions in the
under side to make it
easier to take apart.

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8 Be a master Turn water into wine, learn some tips

14
Using utensils, “American style” Around the world
13

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8 Around the world Use you hands!

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Chopsticks tabbos Around the world
15

Many of these taboos

are related to funeral
rituals. Diners should
never pass food to each
other on chopsticks, as
this is how cremated
bones are handled after
a Buddhist funeral. In
Japan, chopsticks should
never be stuck into a bowl
of food, as this resembles
the funeral incense

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*A little guide of table manners