Etiquette: that forgotten world

There are those who smell a dish as soon as it is served by bending the body totally towards the plate or those who blow on a steaming broth hoping that it can cool down; even worse, ask for salt implying that the cook who hosted you does not know how to dose the condiments with the right proportions. There are many mistakes that are made, knowingly or unknowingly. It would only take a little knowledge of the basic principles of good education. But who teaches this beautiful and often forgotten subject more? How beautiful it was to see a knight get up from the table to help his lady to sit down, or, in the absence of the waiter, to fill his companion’s glass. All this is missing, these attentions, these ways of doing that indicate respect, altruism, attention, class, refinement, taste. And what if this subject could be reintroduced in schools once a month, in order to restore the right attention to beauty, to kindness? In fact, etiquette is not only form but also a refined and delicate method to live gracefully. And today, of course, there is much, but much need!