Dear Miss Manners: I was just wondering why the blade of a knife faces in toward the plate and not out? Gentle Reader: Throughout the noble history of etiquette, there has been concern, to the point ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Why, in the traditional table settings, do knife edges face toward the plate when it seems more convenient to have them facing out? Miss Manners hasn't forgotten the dinner table ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: In setting the table for the Thanksgiving repast, there is some debate about which way the knife should face. One of the family recalled that in time of war, the blade faces outward ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My mother told me, long ago, why table knives are placed with the cutting edge towards the plate, but I have forgotten. Would you be so kind as to remind me, as my mother is no ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was growing up, I was taught that under no circumstances did one point a blade, or any other sharp object, at another person. Related Articles Miss Manners: I got my ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My mother told me, long ago, why table knives are placed with the cutting edge towards the plate, but I have forgotten. Would you be so kind as to remind me, as my mother is no ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was just wondering why the blade of a knife faces in toward the plate and not out? GENTLE READER: Throughout the noble history of etiquette, there has been concern, to the point ...