Etiquette experts agree that bringing a cellphone to the Thanksgiving table is the rudest. A good guest keeps conversations ...

Table manners make eating together an enjoyable experience— and manners are just as pertinent today as ever. “Table manners aren’t an outdated tradition,” says Diane Gottsman, etiquette expert and ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the age-old question of whether using fingers or ...

Last week Thursday, April 14, at 4:50 I made my way over to the Prince Conference Center to discover how well my mother’s lessons on table manner had sunk in. I met up with 37 other juniors and ...

GENTLE READER: George Washington already did! General Washington, as he correctly wished to be called after his presidency, was a master etiquetteer. It was he who issued the first rules of American ...

Implementing a table seating arrangement for a holiday gathering can either set the stage for an organized and harmonious ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A genteel, proper tea at a traditional hotel requires one to sit demurely at a table too diminutive for ...

Dear Miss Manners: At a dinner event I attended at a hotel, the tables were 10-foot rounds with tablecloths that went to the ...