Etiquette Scholar

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etiquette scholar / about

About Etiquette Scholar

the website

The Etiquette Scholar website is a comprehensive dining etiquette reference including not only western dining etiquette rules, but also international etiquette guidelines in recognition that the world is a shrinking place. The information in our dining etiquette site results from the culmination of years of research, resulting in the best information available on each dining etiquette subject. Each dining etiquette section is rich in information, but also interesting and enjoyable. The content of each lesson has been compiled by consulting respected business professionals, journalists, and teachers; as well as through innumerable hours of researching the various areas of dining etiquette using all available reference materials on these topics. The resulting dining etiquette pages give the reader a consensus view of the important dining etiquette topics and rules without wasting the reader’s time with useless information.

New etiquette and manners pages and sections will be added to the series on a regular basis - so please check back in the coming months to see what new lessons have been introduced.

the company

Yellowstone Publishing, LLC, founded in 2007, publishes audio books and creates etiquette websites.

executive profile

Michael Lininger

Mike Lininger is the president and managing partner of Yellowstone Publishing, LLC and oversees the operation of the company’s publishing business.

Mr. Lininger is a licensed attorney in good standing. Before forming Yellowstone Publishing, LLC, he practiced law for 10 years as a corporate attorney. He currently works in the securities industry.

Mr. Lininger formed Yellowstone Publishing, LLC to create educational materials for professionals needing effective, efficient educational materials on etiquette and dining. The Etiquette Scholar series is the result.

etiquette scholar site bibliography

• Antoine-Dariaux, Genevieve. Entertaining with Elegance. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965.
• Baldrige, Letitia. The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette. New York: Doubleday, 1978.
• Baldridge, Letita. Amy Vanderbilt's Everyday Etiquette: A Guide to Contemporary Living. New York: Bantam, 1983.
• Boehn, Max von. Modes and Manners, 4 vols. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1932.
• Elias, Norbert. The History of Manners. new York: Pantheon, 1978.
• Fenwick, Millicent. Vogue's Book of Etiquette and Good Manners. New York Conde Nast Publications with Simon & Schuster, 1969.
• Ford, Charlotte. Book of Modern Manners. New York: Fireside, 1980.
• Iversen, William. O the Times, O the Manners. Toronto, Canada: McLeod, 1965.
• Kasson, John F. Rudeness and Civility: Manners in Nineteenth-Century America. New York: Hill and Wang, 1990.
• Miller, Llewellyn. The Encyclopedia of Etiquette. New York: Crown, 1967.
• Post, Elizabeth L. Emily Post's Etiquette. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1969.
• Post, Elizabeth L. The New Emily Post's Etiquette. New York: Funk and Wagnals, 1975.
• Roosevelt, Eleanor. Book of Common Sense Etiquette. New York: Mcmillan, 1962.
• Sprackling, Helen. The New Setting Your Table. New York: Morrow, 1960.
• Lininger, Michael. Etiquette Scholar Dining Etiquette. Livingston: Yellowstone, 2010.