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Dear George: When you think of it, the knife, fork, and spoon is a rather ratty and illogical collection of table utensils, suggesting a piecemeal process of assembling them.

So both fork and spoon should be provided when the dessert has both gooey and dry elements. They may be used separately or together, with the fork in the left hand and the spoon in the right.

Q. Thank you so much for your recent column addressing how to properly hold a fork and knife when cutting an entree. I used the article to show my grandchildren to reinforce what I have been ...

When I suggest that it should be served in a bowl with a spoon, I am told that is not how pie should be served. What says Miss Manners?

We've been eating pasta since we were like, age one, and everyone knows that the 'proper' way of twirling your spaghetti around your fork is with the help of a spoon, right? Well, no, wrong ...

Silver service is not difficult, if both spoon and fork are equally weighted. With your right hand (if you are right-handed), hold the fork between thumb and index finger.

So both fork and spoon should be provided when the dessert has both gooey and dry elements. They may be used separately or together, with the fork in the left hand and the spoon in the right.