the time or resources to figure out what every kid will or won’t eat. The kids are there to play and socialize. I haven’t had a complaint to date. And once I’ve carefully “vetted” a family as...

the great social instincts to make each customer feel totally appreciated and cared for. (On a related note, in the little-things-mean-a-lot category, Koma is one of the few sushiya to still offer you an oshibori upon being...

Well, I won’t argue with the two of you. My Phd was in agricultural and ecological anbthropology after starting in social and cultural. On the other hand, I’m quite certain about a) the general taboo on parallel...

boost when there were waves of immigrants coming here in the middle of the 19th century. With their universal health care, assured vacation time and other social programs, I hardly see teems of Germans applying for citizenship in...

a businesslike business, so I can focus on eating and socializing.

Leo, It sounds like you have social issues rather than problems with servers asking if you need change. I mean..“Unnecessary interruption”... “Unwanted conversation” It is people like you, that make me...

I assumed it was a nuanced question about social mores not "is it a requirement, along the lines of “you must wear shoes” and you must tip. Obviously people who dont drink for medical, religious etc reasons wouldnt be...

disposed to enjoying bloody rice cakes whereas Americans are not? Do Taiwanese people somehow possess a strain of DNA which affords them excess willpower to resist rich desserts? Of course not. It’s all to do with...

on this point is that I think the burden of declaring people to be cheapskates falls on those trying to change social customs. People cannot rightly be termed cheap when they are observing long-standing custom. Mind you, I would...

You LA hounds all make such good hosts with your positive feedback and social grace...Y’all are making me post too much! There are tea stuff out there that have not been picked up by the international tea craze. I’ve...

jump in too. Then there will be content and social pressure to post (hopefully that will work!), and the next month more and more people will be eligible to vote, based on whether they reported back last month. Voting will only...

concerning the social reproduction of cuisine in historical context. It is what it is.

access & ability to use a grill (my roomie & I lived off-campus eventually) this opens up a nightly 'social hour'. Our neighbors (and about 1/2 the apartment complex) were invited to throw on their own meat and share a side. Some...

Social obligation flows both ways. A host “invites people to spend time with them” as you say, but you also accept an invitation to spend time with the host and the other guests. No host “makes” guests eat...

SNOB from www.dictionary.com “1. a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.” “2. a person who believes himself or herself an expert or connoisseur in a...