It seems like Americans are becoming more casual with each generation that comes of age. We’ve found formal living and dining rooms to be unnecessary, wearing jeans at the office has become the norm, ...

Your daughter’s engagement, hosting an important local personality or diplomat, or welcoming the CEO of your spouse’s company are all occasions that merit a formal dinner party. But instead of ...

Dining habits have changed drastically over the years. And while dining etiquette is still just as valuable as good table manners, some more traditional expectations have fallen by the wayside, ...

Ah, Thanksgiving. The one time each year when people who have never considered hosting a formal dinner party... host a formal dinner party. Look, I get it. I’ve been writing about food full-time for ...

We’ve all been there, we head over to a friend’s for dinner and staring up at us are what appears to be a dozen pieces of cutlery and no less than five wine glasses. So, how can you manage the formal ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. People have gathered together for feasts and other food-centric celebrations ...

Thanks to shows like MKR and MasterChef as well as social media sites like Pinterest, our interest in food and our appreciation of fine dining is expanding rapidly. Whether it is a cocktail party, ...

All right, I admit it -- the world has changed. I understand that almost nobody sits down and writes out traditional, formal invitations to parties, dinners, dances and the like -- the kind of ...