My friends made their choices, placed pastries on plates and proceeded to dissect cream-filled puff pastries with fork and knife, conveying the morsels to the lips with the fork. Alone among the three ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have asked my friends to help me swap an engine on my pickup truck, and they have generously agreed. Mechanic etiquette says that if your friends are helping you on a car project, ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the age-old question of whether using fingers or utensils is correct for consuming delicate pastries at formal tea.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the polite way to eat large sushi rolls? Sometimes they’re too big to comfortably eat whole without gagging! GENTLE READER: Dissect them. Miss Manners does not usually ...

Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, gentlereader@missmanners.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 ...

GENTLE READER: Sip each layer, knowing that with each subsequent sip, the layers will start to blend. That is part of the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the proper dining etiquette with regard to the hand that is not holding a utensil? When we traveled to Europe, the locals did not like that my unused arm was in my lap, as ...

Gentle Reader: Madam, please! Make your clothing adjustments before you arrive. You would not want to draw attention, in a job interview, to your chest. But then again, Miss Manners is presuming that ...