Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southerners love to find an excuse to host a formal dinner party—whether it’s a holiday gathering, a birthday party, or an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not sure how to set a table properly? Whether you're planning a casual gathering or a formal, intimate dinner, this is table-setting etiquette you need to know. Dining habits have changed drastically ...

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 ...

I used to a party person. I used to have people over, on a weeknight, like it was no big deal. But then the pandemic hit, and the next thing I knew it was three years later and I realized I’d barely ...

Dear Miss Manners: I am planning to invite my daughter’s in-laws to a formal dinner. I plan to host it the way my late almost-aristocratic mother would have done 60 years ago: with fine china, ...