Table manners have always reflected social values, class structures, and practicality of their time. Many rules were created ...

Those endless “elbows off the table” admonishments may have seemed like a drag in childhood, but they were actually setting the stage for good etiquette rules and good manners as an adultand that’s ...

GENTLE READER: Although there is, today, too much blurring of the professional and personal spheres, it was always understood ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was always taught that one’s bread plate is placed to the left. Whenever I am with a large group at a table at a wedding (or another function), at least one person always takes ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a tremor in my hands, worse in my dominant hand, and it affects my table manners. In public, I try to choose foods that are relatively easy for me to handle, but I often have ...