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GENTLE READER: There is an old rule of etiquette that Miss Manners left gathering dust in the cupboard, because circumstances ...

GENTLE READER: There is an old rule of etiquette that Miss Manners left gathering dust in the cupboard, because circumstances ...

I would even stomach (sorry!) all that if they then talked about something else during dinner. But they don’t.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to etiquette rule banning food talk at the table.

We have to hear about what foods they like in general, and where they get them; which foods disagree with them, including ...

No matter if they're eating at a restaurant or in someone's home, they spend all the conversation critiquing the meal, or ...

Gentle Reader: There is an old rule of etiquette that Miss Manners left gathering dust in the cupboard, because circumstances ...

they are perfectly capable of talking about all kinds of interesting subjects, but only so long as there is no food in front ...

Letter writer is “fed up” with friends talking about food nonstop during meals together.

GENTLE READER: There is an old rule of etiquette that Miss Manners left gathering dust in the cupboard, because circumstances ...

The usual rhetoric of marginalising the north and protecting the region’s interests has once again taken the centre stage.