Correct use of the various utensils was a crucial element of refined table manners. “To shove your fingers into dishes with sauce is very rude. You should pick up what you want with a knife or fork.

So why are elbows on the table rude? Some say the origin of this specific table-manners mantra was born in the Middle Ages, when guests at crowded banquet tables were jostling for space at ...

British audiences were, titillated early this year by a new film farce called The Captain’s Table, which chronicled the social perils of a luxury-liner captain adrift in a sea of calculating ...

Jessie Ware hosts a podcast about food, family, and the beautiful art of having a chat, direct from her very own dinner table. Show more Jessie Ware hosts a podcast about food, family, and the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My best friend and I frequently get ... and my friend was telling him how to stack up the plates as he cleared the table. I couldn’t help myself and just blurted out ...

Now, Jessie and Lennie Ware are serving up more of the good stuff with their new recipe book Table Manners ... the turkey meatballs in tomato sauce they served to Sam Smith; Lennie’s simple ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A longtime acquaintance joined us for a casual meal at our home. Eating her sandwich resulted in a scattering of crumbs on the table. I was surprised to see her hand sweep the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live near a university, and graduate students are always looking for odd jobs to make extra money. One of them does my laundry twice a week, and always returns it beautifully ...

A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take charge of such a ship, he is less prepared ...