Miss Manners: I break out my best china and finery for these dinners, the least you can do is RSVP

I am a single man who inherited, from my parents and grandparents, both a love of entertaining and also a great deal of the trappings needed -- china, crystal, linen, silver -- that other relatives ...
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BBQ ribs etiquette: Learning the proper way to feast!

Join us at THE BAR-B-Q SHOP for a memorable dining experience as two diners learn the true Southern BBQ etiquette. Watch as ...
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Miss Manners: Unexpected guests at formal dinners don’t get the fish knife

My question is how to react when people do not respond to an invitation, nor to a gentle nudge and arrive anyway.

Miss Manners: They don’t RSVP but still show up to my formal dinner parties expecting a seat

I hold formal dinner parties with limited place settings. But there are friends who never respond to my invitations and show up anyway. What’s the best way to accommodate them?

Miss Manners: I’ve been told to banish these guests from the main table

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a single man who inherited, from my parents and grandparents, both a love of entertaining and also a great deal of the trappings needed — china, crystal, linen, silver — that ...