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100 1 _aSpringsteed, Anne Frances
245 1 4 _aThe Expert Waitress: A Manual for the Pantry, Kitchen, and Dining-Room
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2015-06-12
508 _aProduced by David Edwards, Carol Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Expert Waitress: A Manual for the Pantry, Kitchen, and Dining-Room" by Anne Frances Springsteed is a practical guidebook that was written in the late 19th century. The book provides detailed instructions and etiquette for serving meals, maintaining a pantry and dining room, and mastering the art of waiting on tables. It primarily targets those seeking to enhance their skills as waitstaff and aims to elevate the standards of domestic service during a time when professional domestic help was common. At the start of the manual, the author emphasizes the importance of preparation and care to create a pleasant dining experience. Springsteed introduces the concept of an "expert waitress," outlining essential duties and the necessary items needed for serving breakfast, beginning with the arrangement of the dining table and requirements for each breakfast course. Following this, she delineates proper etiquette during service, stressing the need for attention to detail and the anticipation of guests' needs without requiring them to ask, which sets a tone of professionalism and courtesy throughout the manual. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aTable service -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
653 _aWaiters -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
653 _aHousehold employees -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49202
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