the one thing I often notice when dining o.o.europe: people return their used knife onto the edge of the plate with the handle touching the table. european true’table etiquette' does not permit it, one should keep ones...

Over the past year or so, tops for me has been Dale’s Smokehouse down on Indian Head Highway. For years, I’ve also been a fan of T&J’s, but Dale’s began to edge them out in the qualty of the pork ribs....

no right answer because people will do what they want- i.e creating a wasabi/soy slurry, smearing directly on fish, combining it with ginger, using it on every item, etc. If one wants to be sensitive to, less toward etiquette and...

my method of eating them is either the lovely sounding slurping methods and edge of the bowl by my chin... or get a big fat chinese soup spoon and piling it in there along with some broth to enhance tastiness. Link:...

thing, the traditional Japanese “method” is to coat the dish with a thin layer of soy (generally enough for 1-2 or two pieces and to either place a bb-sized chunk of wasabi on the edge of the dish or to rub a small...

's from Tuscany). In Landstuhl, the Trattoria Da Maria is also a good Italian restaurant. On B-270, past Hohenecken the residence hotel on the Gelterswoog is another expensive, but good, Italian restaurant at the edge of the...

in front of them and the “rules” do not matter to them. Etiquette rules state that it is bad manners to clear anything while people are still eating, has that changed?

Not sure I really noticed this until I had g-son for a yr. & was teaching manners but what’s up with the arm on the table between the edge & the plate? Seems like they’re leaning on it to eat. I guess if you spill it...

on the colorful and eclectic street traffic at the edge of the Tenderloin when you look out the windows of the second floor restaurant. Somehow you’re there, but above it all. Which is exactly the aspirations of the kitchen...

done please), two salads, ravioli and a chicken parmigiano with “ziti”. The phone etiquette at this place is just plain rude. But it’s not the ambiance or service I look for in a pizza shop so I’ll forgive that. The pizza: thin...

nor the owner’s seemed to me to come close to violating any of the etiquette policies. Nonetheless, my thread was deleted almost immediately after my short acknowledgment of the restaurant owner’s confirmation of my...

Was once told that the pointy edges can wreak havoc on the lining of the digestive system, a bit like eating glass.

prior to the arrival of the check. I will stack my salad plate and bread plate together (when finished) and nudge them toward the edge of the table for removal, ‘bus’ the table by wiping crumbs into a used napkin, and...

it. If the feet look too stiff, neat and tidy, they’re probably not cooked enough. The ones that look kind of limp and pulling apart on the edges are what you want. I also liked watching Jeannie lap up the chicken with...

I think its a two-way street. Certain breaches of etiquette (whether it’s sushi or french food) can be construed as being rude. I think it would be immensely productive for the person seeking to eat a particular type of...