DINING QUIZ
1. Diners in France, Italy, and many other European countries dine Continental style: the fork stays in one’s left hand. It is never switched back and forth between left and right hands. As a polite diner in Paris, your fork is in your left hand, tines down, but getting the vegetables up onto the back of the fork and making them stay there until they reach your mouth is difficult. True or False: It is totally acceptable to turn your fork over, tines up, to eat.
ANSWER: False. How you wield a fork is important. While your fork is in your left hand, never turn it around like a shovel and load it up with food. That juxtaposition of good and bad manners will definitely get noticed in France. Try practicing this before your big business ...
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