I are both ill ... Since no one asked questions about our needs and preferences, I now have pots of soup that I cannot eat.

I stopped eating potluck food at work years ago when I found cat hair in a piece of cake. Apparently, the lady who brought ...

I occasionally feel pressured to help pay for the desserts, but truly I’d rather not, since I’d prefer not to order them in ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are invited to our neighbor’s high school graduation next month. The neighbor’s last name ...

I never partake of the desserts; I have more than enough to eat with my entree ... But until Miss Manners makes her fortune by inventing a solution that works, she will allow you to place your clutch ...

GENTLE READER: With a quick flick off of the table and onto the side of your plate, where it should remain until the plate is cleared. But if no one saw and you deem the table clean enough, Miss ...

Adopting the new table manners was hardly an option for the poor, who were the vast majority of the European population. In 1702, the French traveler Jouvin de Rochefort recalled eating with a ...