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Setting a gorgeous dinner table is an art—and a science, according to the pros—which actually makes it a lot easier to ...

Like many details we tend to brush off in our hurried daily lives, the art of proper table setting seems to be getting lost in the ether. While it's true that we've become a casual society, there are ...