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Here's our guide to help you navigate the complicated world of table setting etiquette.

A pink mat with a dinner table set for soup.

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Soup for Dinner

When you're serving soup as a main course, perhaps for an intimate dinner by the fire, you can simplify the setting. But simple needn't mean boring, as this non-traditional setting demonstrates. Square china provides a twist on the traditional soup plate, and a wine glass with a square off bowl echoes the geometry of the china. A soup spoon, often called a place spoon in etiquette books, and a salad fork are all that is needed for a meal of soup, salad, and bread, the perfect winter meal.

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China: Pottery Barn
Place mat: Gracious Home
Fabric: Lee Jofa
Flatware: Gracious Home
Glass: Pottery Barn
Basket containers: Charlotte Moss