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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cooks spend hours whipping up elaborate holiday meals. It would be nice if it took more than 15 minutes to eat it. Serving the meal in courses – on a table set with the fancy china, ...

Mackenzie Schmidt is the Home and Travel Editor for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2016, and has served as a writer and editor on the Lifestyle team. Real talk: You eat all your meals on the couch. It's ...

Before you throw that dinner party, you should know how to set a table the right way. Whether the event is formal or informal ...

To ease holiday stress, set your dining room table for the big Thanksgiving dinner several days prior to the big day. But how do you go about choosing the right plate, spoon, or wine glass? To make ...

The first layer of a proper setting is either a placemat or a charger. If you’re scratching your head over the latter, a charger is a plate just for show, one that food will never touch. Formal ...

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