Fork Etiquette

Does using the right utensil even matter anymore?

Fork on the Left, Knife on the Floor

Designers reinvent the table setting.

Cootie Call

Is it rude not to want to share your fork?

The Right Way to Eat Noodles

Noodle-eating etiquette according to ethnic tradition.

Pointing the Finger at Finger Foods

Caesar salads, sushi— where do you draw the line on what’s polite to eat with your fingers?

Foods You Fight

Tips for eating saucy, messy, and hard-to-handle foods.

Don't Scream "I Hate Broccoli!"

Which table manners your kids should mind.

Tea Parties Must Make a Comeback

Economical, festive, and good for Sundays.

But I Only Have Plastic

How restaurants should handle "cash only."

Come Over for Crusty Casserole

Can you serve leftovers to guests?

Birthday Butchery

Help! I’m not cut out for cake-cutting.

it either still there, esp at the lower end places, placed back on the table and sometimes on the seat-back. At times am immediately given a new napkin placed on my lap. And who raises the fork first for all others to follow suit?...

As the conversation veers dangerously off-topic, quick etiquette note- if you find out too late that something does have to come back out, it travels out the same way as it did in- if you picked it up on a fork, it goes back onto...

one of my fondest memories of a trip to Sicily was leaving a bit of pasta on my plate to save room for the main course and then having the waiter scoop it up with my fork (which he was clearing) and try to feed it to me. Anywhere...

Is anyone else perturbed by the unappetizing way TV judges practically lie in their plates of food, and with both forearms on the table, bob their heads down to the plate and shovel something into their mouths? I was taught to...