During the 17th century, English nobles also dropped the custom ... To judge from the stature of some writers, table manners were no trivial matter. In 1530, three years before Catherine’s ...

GENTLE READER: Useful though the lesson may have proved, Miss Manners reminds you that correcting another person’s manners is, as a rule, rude.

But good table manners involve a lot more than that. According to the workshop instructor, people should be happy and comfortable when they are dining with you. It sounds easy but it is not.

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 ...

A reader has a family member who eats so slowly that it seems like an attention-grab; another has a relative who rudely ...