# Dining & Hosting

> Table manners, dinner-party hosting, cooking for guests with allergies and dietary restrictions, and how to be a guest people invite back.

URL: https://courteo.us/dining-and-hosting/

Sharing a meal is the oldest courtesy there is. Here you’ll find the practical side: which fork, when to start eating, how to plan a menu around a guest’s allergy without making it awkward, and what a host and guest each owe the other.

## Guides

- [Table manners for modern meals](https://courteo.us/table-manners/): A practical guide to table manners: how a place setting works, American vs. continental style, napkin etiquette, phones at the table, and restaurant courtesy.
- [Dinner party etiquette: what hosts and guests owe each other](https://courteo.us/dinner-party-etiquette/): Dinner party etiquette for hosts and guests: invitations, planning a menu, when to arrive, what to bring, helping out, leaving on time and saying thank you.
- [Hosting guests with food allergies and dietary restrictions](https://courteo.us/dietary-restrictions-allergies/): How to host guests with food allergies, celiac disease or vegetarian and vegan diets: what to ask, menu planning, cross-contact, labels and what guests say.
- [RSVP etiquette: how and when to reply to an invitation](https://courteo.us/rsvp-etiquette/): RSVP etiquette made simple: how fast to reply, what “regrets only” means, plus-ones and kids, changing your answer, and wording to accept or decline.

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