A viral TikTok video showing an American woman attempting the “European way” of eating has sparked an international food ...

In America, it is proper to keep the unused hand in one’s lap; in Europe, it is rested on the table. In neither part of the ...

Miss Manners’ guess is that the guests will be relieved to eat -- or not eat -- in peace. Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email ...

A British etiquette specialist with millions of social media followers claims bananas should be eaten with cutlery. But an American expert says it's perfectly acceptable to eat them by hand.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Sometimes I am served something I don’t want to eat, like meat with fat or gristle. I trim my portion and move the trash to the side of my plate -- inconspicuously ...

Today's etiquette does require hosts to ask in advance whether their guests have eating restrictions. But at the table, they may gently say, “I'm putting food talk off limits.” Miss Manners ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a preteen, I was told by someone that it was rude to eat one food on my plate at a time -- that I was supposed to move around my plate, eating bites of each item in succession.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: From the files of “good manners ... where I like to read or just eat quietly and enjoy the peacefulness. One colleague comes in daily to use the microwave and always announces ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do I handle it when ... This tells me that they are saying, “I don’t want you to have it.” They never eat what is left after I serve myself a very small portion ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As a preteen, I was told by someone that it was rude to eat one food on my plate at a time -- that I was supposed to move around my plate, eating bites of each item in succession.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I go out to dinner twice a month ... I never partake of the desserts; I have more than enough to eat with my entree already, and work to resist adding anything else.