dining room; chairs were pulled out for the ladies and purse-stools impressed my mother and sister while the synchronized pouring of water caused me to chuckle. Napkins - white or black, your choice – were handed out with...

something very casual catered—say a backyard party in the height of summer when you can’t bear to cook— Famous Dave’s does a cheerful and efficient job. For $25 fee, they will bring all the food and...

Yea, that ticks me off too. If you buy a single piece they give it to you on a napkin. They don’t even spring for a paper bag to put it in.

and nearly froze out butts off (the wind had really picked up at that point). The people inside were amused watching us and kindly brought out some more utensils, napkins, and moist towelettes for us. We needed to get inside and...

is a clothes pin. The name of the restaurant is on the back of the folder, in tasteful gray lettering. Inside on the bottom the address and phone is discretely printed in gray. It is very elegant and in good taste. For me, it is...

seconds! It’s Emperor’s New Clothes time, and all this sushi “etiquette” that is being bandied about bothers me simply because we, at least here in the U.S., have far far greater tolerance for people who...

much the same rice. I find chopsticks very useful when I am eating a particularly greasy whole grilled mackerel or saury. I just pick up the bones with my korean chopsticks and then wipe them on a napkin. Chopsticks are also...

than a day. A place to live. New clothes. Silly things like that. But who knows if I would enjoy those nearly as much as my culinary pleasures. Put me down for "undecided."

even used a deli ticket system it would be a pleasure. now about the napkin situation....

for someone to eat the one mayo puff hidden amongst the good puffs. It totally backfired. The girl who ate it is extreeeeeeeemely polite and didn’t say a word. She even managed to dispose of it into her napkin without any...