STANDARD ETIQUETTE
WHEN IS IT CORRECT TO USE A KNIFE?
The knife is used for the sole purpose of cutting food and is always held in the right hand. It is unnecessary to add that no one with any pretensions to breeding is ever guilty of conveying food to the mouth with the knife.
While the right hand is occupied with the knife, the fork is held in the left hand. When the food does not require cutting, and is separated into small portions with the fork, the fork is held in the right hand. In America, it is cus- [...]