Etiquette Scholar International Dining Etiquette
Etiquette Scholar International Dining Etiquette sets out how table customs change from one part of the world to another, then opens onto a country-by-country collection. Etiquette Scholar, an etiquette reference site, briefs the reader on Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe, and links to separate pages for roughly a hundred countries, each describing the dining customs a visitor is expected to follow at the table.
100% Free (unlimited): The regional briefings and every one of the country pages they lead to are open to any reader, with no account, no registration and no payment at any point. The whole collection can be read and the country pages opened directly from the links on this page.
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The page opens with regional briefings: handling chopsticks across Asia, eating with the right hand in Africa and the Middle East, the long Latin American lunch and late dinner, and the Continental style of knife and fork across Europe. Underneath, country lists run from Algeria to Zimbabwe, grouped by region from Asia and the Pacific Rim to the Caribbean.
Start with the regional paragraph for the part of the world you are going to, then open the page for the country itself and read it the evening before you fly. Check the points that are easiest to get wrong: which hand to eat with, where to rest your chopsticks or cutlery, whether several helpings are expected of you. Keep the country page open on your phone if you go straight from the airport to a meal.
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