Table setting
Table setting refers to the way to set a table.
The table setting is often arranged to provide the most practical setting. Utensils are arranged the way a person use his hands. Usually in Western culture, that means that the forks, bread plate, spreader, and napkins are to the left, while knives, spoons, glasses, cups and saucers are to the right.
Utensils on the outermost position are used first (for example a salad fork and a soup spoon, then dinner fork and dinner knife). The blade of the knife must face toward the plate.
The glass is positioned about an inch from the fork. Cup and saucer are placed on the right side of the spoon about four inches from the edge of the table.
Dessert fork and spoon can be set above the plate, fork pointing right, to match the other forks, spoon pointing left.
