Treat your dinner party guests to a properly set table by following these tips.

Meals are rarely just about eating. Around a table, people display hierarchy, culture, and character, often without realizing it. The way you sit, wait, pass a dish, or hold back for someone else can ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I learned, as a child in an all-right-handed family, to set the table with the knife and spoon on the right and the fork on the left. Since I gave birth to a left-handed child, I ...