Dining table etiquette is an integral part of social interactions, be it at a formal dinner or a casual family meal ...

For casual group dinners, it's good practice to take a seat that naturally complements the flow of the table. Avoid clustering with people you already know well; dining in a group is a chance to ...

Of course, outside of simply being good table manners, adopting habits centered around giving back, helping people, and engaging in small acts of kindness, even if it’s at your family dinner ...

Certainly, my mother’s list of rules was long and sometimes baffling. She was particularly insistent that my arms were never ...

Readers send Miss Manners not only their table and party questions, but those involving the more complicated aspects of life - romance, work, family relationships, child-rearing, death - as well ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a dinner party at our home, my husband left the table ... not a witty mug. Family and friends can expect a bit more understanding. (Please send your questions to ...