Table Servers Stay on the Table. Cooking Spoons Stay at the Stove.
Guests should not have to fish a sauce-stained spoon out of the pan. Keep a clean serving set on the table. Cooking spoons live at the stove. That is the whole rule.
Wood on linen
Lay servers on a napkin beside the bowl, not in a puddle of dressing. Wipe wood. Do not soak it.
Keep the table calm
One set. One bowl. More kitchen pieces live in the shop catalog.