Anonymous: "You will ask for permission to put anything other than a beverage into your mouth by alerting me to the fact that you are hungry (keeping protocol #6 in mind). When we are apart, you will call me to ask for this permission, or obtain it in advance from me.  [Protocol #6:6. You may not ask for or to do anything. When we are together, I will guide all your activities, including use of the bathroom. You may make your desires and needs known, but I will be the one to determine when, if, and how those desires and needs are met. [NOTE (from submissive):Implementing this is not always practical. When it isn't, I simply ask for permission directly to do what I desire or need to do.]

Additionally, whenever you are with me you shall not eat until I have fed you the first bite. If I bring something to your lips you do not care to eat, you may respond "Thank you, Master." However, if I insist, you shall accept it and eat it."

When I am eating alone, instead of his feeding me the first bite, I visualize him doing so, and remind myself that I am here to serve him.

In addition to feeding me the first bite of anything I eat, at home he occasionally has me serve him his meal and then kneel before him (naked, of course) while he eats.

When we eat out, which is frequently,  he orders everything for me. I am not allowed to look at a menu unless we're eating in a restaurant we've never been in before, although I may tell him if there is something specific I feel like eating. Obviously this works for us because we've been together long enough and eaten out often enough so that he knows my preferences.

The tenet behind this is that I am his property, not his lover. While he wishes to feed me food I desire, eating with him at the same table is a privilege, not a right.

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Another couple has the slave tasting all the master's food and drink before he ingests it.  This (he says) is to test his food for poison.  The slave says it is another way to remind her that she is there for his use and pleasure.

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List of Recommended Books 
for Formal Service

Table Service

"Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette" Rewritten and updated by Nancy Tuckerman and Nancy Dunnan, published by Doubleday,

"The New Book of Table Settings: Creative Ideas for How We Gather Today" by Chris Bryant and Paige Gilchrist

"Emily Posts Etiquette 16th Edition" rewritten by Peggy Post

Choosing Wines

"The Pocket Wine Book" by Hugh Johnson

" Penguine Good Australian Wine Guide", Austrailian wines being all the rage today.

"Parkers Wine Buying Guide, 6th Edition, the Complete, Easy-to-use reference on recent Vintages, Prices and Ratings for more than 8000 wines from all major regions"

Choosing Cigars (not at my house you don't! but for those who do indulge...)

"Ultimate Cigar Encyclopedia" by Julian Holland

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