Those endless “elbows off the table” admonishments may have seemed like a drag in childhood, but they were actually setting ...

This is unfortunate, as table manners are essential to everyday life. From meeting their future partner's parents to going out to a work dinners, proper manners are important if you want to make a ...

At first, Hamlet and the planets seem far removed from table manners. But social historians see close links between the Renaissance outlook and the rapid development of codes of behavior at the table.

Like most of us, I think, I learned my table manners from my family rather than through any kind of formalized etiquette classes. So while I’m sure there are little customs and mannerisms of high ...

GENTLE READER: Unforgivably? As in, so bad as to never be excused, ever? Miss Manners agrees there is an indelicacy to ...

Jessie Ware hosts a podcast about food, family, and the beautiful art of having a chat, direct from her very own dinner table. Show more Jessie Ware hosts a podcast about food, family, and the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner party at our home, my husband left the table momentarily, and a guest picked up his mug of ...

GENTLE READER: The best counsel Miss Manners has for you is to invite guests who engage in conversation, so that they are not ...

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; or ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner party at our home, my husband left the table momentarily, and a guest picked up his mug of ...

Dear Miss Manners: At a dinner party at our home, my husband left the table momentarily, and a guest picked up his mug of ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to someone who has a question about paying the bill ...