Table manners

Table manners are the rules of etiquette followed while eating, which may include the use of utensils. Table manners differ according on culture. Each family or community establishes its own standards for how precisely these norms must be obeyed.

Andorra has its own set of guidelines about how to behave respectfully at the table in order to show respect to the host and the person who prepared the meal. Continue to stand until invited to sit. When eating, keep your hands visible. Rest your wrists (not your elbows) on the table's edge.

Do not begin eating until the hostess does. The host always makes the first toast, but an honored guest (male or female) should return the toast later in the meal. If you haven't eaten your meal yet, cross your knife and fork on your plate, with the fork over the knife. Lay your knife and fork parallel on your plate, tines up, handles to the right, to indicate you've finished eating.