DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was taught that at formal dinner parties, bread plates were not used, and that they were not considered part of a formal place setting for multi-course meals. Now, I am given to ...

Table manners have always reflected social values, class structures, and practicality of their time. Many rules were created to signal refinement or avoid inconvenience in formal settings that no ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am planning to invite my daughter’s in-laws to a formal dinner. I plan to host it the way my late almost-aristocratic mother would have done 60 years ago: with fine china, ...

Dining etiquette stretches back centuries. To many people, formal table settings are an art form, and table manners are not to be taken lightly.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am getting married in a traditional church ceremony. My father, who will be giving me away, has refused to wear a tuxedo on the grounds that it is a “monkey suit,” even though all ...