Table Manners

Why I Don’t Force My Kids to 'Just Eat What’s In Front of Them'

Charity Curley Mathews | Posted 04.23.2012

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Charity Curley Mathews

My husband and I are trying to create a home culture where family dinners are enjoyed by everyone and eaten by everyone (almost) every time. Here's what works for us.

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How to Use a Finger Bowl

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 04.15.2012

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Lisa Mirza Grotts

While finger bowls may be a thing of the past, they do exist in many private clubs across the country and are still served at some formal dinners, so it's good to know how to use one. Plus, you may want to serve them after some casual dinners yourself.

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How To Dine Out With Kids

Menuism | Posted 02.12.2012

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Menuism

Have you ever gone to a restaurant hoping for a quiet, relaxing dining experience only to find that the table next to you is the temporary playground for a couple of rowdy kids and two stressed-out parents?

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When Kids Won't Say Their Please And Thank You's

Posted 12.30.2011

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Dear Susan, My kids are ten and seven and have terrible manners. I've tried telling them how to behave when we have guests for dinner or friends fo...

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Trymaine Lee

Newark Etiquette Classes Lift Lives, One Place Setting At A Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 08.20.2011

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NEWARK, N.J. -- J. Wesley Tann spent much of his life traveling the world, gallivanting among the most fashionable sets and cavorting with the elite. ...

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More Fowl Talk for the Holidays

Hugh Rawson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hugh Rawson

The terms "white meat" and "dark meat" are used so commonly today that most people forget that they started out as euphemisms, popularized by our Victorian ancestors, who shied away from uttering the dreaded word breast.

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It's An Honor Just to Be Nominated

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gena Grish

I always tell people that dating is a numbers game, just like being in sales. You have go out on X amount of bad dates in order to get one good date.

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Are We Culturally Bankrupt, Too?: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Exposes Another Problem

Gerit Quealy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gerit Quealy

They don't know how to eat properly. I'm not talking about what food to eat, I'm talking about physically transporting ingestible matter from the plate to the oral cavity.

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Mom Was Wrong: It's OK To Eat With Your Hands

Andrew Knowlton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Knowlton

If a restaurant, no matter how starchy the table linens, decides to carry a food traditionally eaten with your hands, then by all means use your hands.

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Restaurant Etiquette 101

cnn.com | Posted 11.17.2011

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Here are some strategies for dining out, from scoring a table to sending back food. Problem: The restaurant is fully booked. Solution: Put yourself ...

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