Serving Food and Dining Out

Family mealtime provides

• a time for important social interaction

• a chance for parents to teach children good manners

• a time to demonstrate healthful appreciation for food

• all of these

This is the way a meal is served

• meal placement

• meal delivery

• meal service

• meal position

This type of meal service begins with a table that has been set with plates and flatware then food is placed in the center on platters or in bowls to be passed around the table

• plate service

• English service

• buffet service

• family service

This type of meal service is when food is placed on tables for people to walk around and serve themselves

• family service

• buffet service

• plate service

• English service

This type of meal service is used often in restaurants where individual portions are place on each person's plate in the kitchen

• English service

• buffet service

• plate service

• family service

This type of meal service is when all plates are stacked at the head of the table and the server fills the plates and passes to the diners seated at the table

• buffet service

• English service

• plate service

• family service

This refers to dinnerware, flatware, and glassware

• brunch ware

• breakfast ware

• lunchware

• tableware

This is the dinnerware or flatware one person would need

• single setting

• diner setting

• eating setting

• place setting

The knife goes on this side of the plate

• right

• left

• top

• bottom

Forks go on this side of the plate

• right

• left

• top

• bottom