Downsizing Bad Friends

What to do when invitations go unreciprocated.

How to Give Uncheesy Thanks

A way to express heartfelt sentiment without feeling like you’re onstage.

The Basics: How to Make a Cheese Frittata

Eggs for dinner are fun.

Steppin' Up Your Cheese Game

This week’s mission: frozen diet dinners featuring fruit, and classy cheese vehicles.

Open My Wine First

If you bring food or drink for your hosts at a dinner party, are they required to share it with the guests?

The Basics: How to Make Noodles with Tofu and Peanut Sauce

A quick Asian dinner.

You Break It, You Replace It

What to do if you bust your friend’s china.

Just Watch Me Drink

How to deal with prissy nondrinkers.

Did She Really Just Say That?

What to do when relatives drink too much and say embarrassing things.

The Basics: How to Make Veggie Chili

Fast, healthy, and delicious.

What If You Ruin the Turkey?

Should you try to cover it up, confess, go without, or just order pizza?

Ditching an Annoying Guest

She came last year, must she again?

I Want to Be Alone

When solo diners aren’t looking for company.

The Devil Next to Me

A day and night with Marco Pierre White.

Your Order Is Politically Incorrect

How to address ethically challenged eaters.