Editing Tableware (section)

===Table settings===
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A table setting in Western countries is mainly in one of two styles: ''[[service à la russe]]'' (French for "in the [[Russian Empire|Russian style]]"), where each course of the meal is brought out in specific order; and ''[[service à la française]]'' (French for "in the French style"), where all the courses for the meal are arranged on the table and presented at the same time that guests are seated. ''Service à la russe'' has become the custom in most restaurants, whereas ''[[service à la française]]'' is the norm in family settings.

Place settings for ''service à la russe'' dining are arranged according to the number of courses in the meal. The tableware is arranged in a particular order. With the first course, each guest at the table begins by using the tableware placed on the outside of place setting. As each course is finished the guest leaves the used cutlery on the used plate or bowl, which are removed from the table by the server. In some case, the original set is kept for the next course. To begin the next course, the diner uses the next item on the outside of the place setting, and so on. Forks are placed on the left of a dinner plate, knives to the right of the plate, and spoons to the outer right side of the place setting.