I have tried to tell my husband that it’s just bad manners to start cleaning up the meal when people are still eating it. GENTLE READER: Yes, it is. But a 15-minute respite also seems extreme.

Eating your food at a restaurant while others are still waiting for their dish to arrive is not rude, scientists have found. The predicament of what to do if a waiter brings only part of a table’s ...

Over time, the way society works tends to change, with certain behaviors becoming much more common. Here are 11 things that seem like bad manners but are actually socially acceptable now.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the dilemma of consuming refreshments at Paris's ...

Advice; Best of Miss Manners: Isn’t it in bad taste for a bride and groom to eat steak while guests get pork chops? Published: ; Nov. 18, 2024, 10:00 a.m.

Part of it is critiquing the food we’re eating, and if they like what we made, they think it’s a compliment to ask for the recipe while we’re eating it. But that’s not all.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I read, some time ago, that you are supposed to cut your food one piece at a time, eat it, then repeat. However, I pride myself on efficiency, and picking up and putting down ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to navigating social dining with celiac disease.

I have tried to tell my husband that it’s just bad manners to start cleaning up the meal when people are still eating it. GENTLE READER: Yes, it is. But a 15-minute respite also seems extreme.