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Most of entertaining is about knowing your dominant/owner preferences for entertaining and your guests (dietary needs, religious issues, etc) and developing the entertaining around that.  But here are some links that deal with general etiquette, entertaining, and cultural differences in dining.

Planning/Executing a Formal Dinner

"A formal dinner for masters and slaves" - an interesting article about organizing a BDSM/DS/MS oriented dinner party.

About.com section on entertaining - a wealth of resources on every part of entertaining

Fine Dinings: Gourmet Recipes for Elegant Entertaining - a site with suggested multi-course meals for a formal dinner as well as some general tips on planning a formal dinner.

 

Marthastewart.com -  her webpage covers pretty much all the different aspects of entertaining, cooking, and a myriad of other topics/issues

Setting a table (american style) - literally a step a-z guide on setting a table for a formal dinner (with charts) from the centerpiece to napkin folds.

Japan formal dining - a wonderful resource including pictures and diagrams of how things should be set up for Japanese style formal dining (also has links to various types of Asian meals).

Opening a wine bottle - a video on how to open a wine bottle.  Follow some of the other links along the side on decanting and smelling a cork.

General Etiquette

Etiquette by Emily Post - always a book to have handy but in case of a pinch this is the online version of the book.

Etiquette at formal functions - a very detailed article on what to expect at a formal dinner including the varying servants that you would encounter, using a napkin, getting servants attention, and pictures of the various knives and forks you are likely to encounter.

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This page was last updated on Sunday February 19, 2006