When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Mary Hollis Huddleston Setting a perfectly laid table is an essential part of hosting.

How to set a table used to be common knowledge, but in today’s fast and busy world, knowing how to set a table properly has become somewhat of a party trick. If you’ve been tasked with hosting a baby ...

A comfortable table setting, especially a formal one with a variety of glassware and flatware, should allow about 2 feet of space between the center of one plate and the center of the next. The formal ...

The next time you're throwing a formal sit down dinner for your family and friends, go the whole hog. With the mushroom risotto and gulab jamuns you're making, don't forget about dining table ...

Wedding season is just around the corner, and as any good host knows, cooking is only the half the battle when it comes to throwing a fabulous dinner party. For this reason, Robert Welch have created ...

The biggest eating holiday of the year is upon us. You’ve brainstormed the menu, shopped for sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts, and thawed the turkey. (You have thawed the turkey, right?) With all ...

As thankful as I am, as we all are, to be able to gather once again this fall with friends and family, and to not have to eat Thanksgiving dinner outside while sitting six feet apart, wearing masks ...

With Thanksgiving almost here, many people will be dining at gatherings where formal dining protocol may be in order (or at least appreciated). But how many of us actually know what to do? A few years ...

Plopping down on the couch to watch "Seinfeld" reruns may be your usual dinner routine, but the holidays call for a little extra pizzazz -- including a beautifully set formal table. "For a festive ...