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 ...

I was rudely corrected for doing so by someone who thought I was about to commence eating before everyone had been served.

GENTLE READER: After 50 years, you might let things be. Miss Manners can understand your having waited to be certain your new ...

On other occasions, when a server has given that invitation, I always cut into the center of the steak immediately, without taking a bite of it, before eating anything else on the plate. In a smaller ...

The 37-year-old said his now-fiancé did not realise he could see her on his cameras while she was waiting, while speaking to Jessie Ware and her mother Lennie on their Table Manners podcast.

GENTLE READER: Ah, the old, “I wasn’t starting my dinner, I was just trying it.” The optics do not really distinguish between ...

GENTLE READER: Ah, the old, “I wasn’t starting my dinner, I was just trying it.” The optics do not really distinguish between the two. It does feel unfair, Miss Manners agrees, when the servers are ...

Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial. Besides, in decent restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When serving a steak, the server will often say something along the lines of, “Please cut into the center ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When serving a steak, the server will often say something along the lines of, “Please cut into the center ...

so little bits of food are flying off as they're ripping it apart and that provides a food source for small fish that might hang around and take advantage of the crabs' bad table manners." ...

GENTLE READER: After 50 years, you might let things be. Miss Manners can understand your having waited to be certain your new ...