Your dinner guests are taking advantage of you, and you've given them no choice. You were trying to orchestrate the best, most relaxing, most fun evening for them ... which is not how you'd normally ...

Five Master Sommeliers are about to go head-to-head over wine pairings, and a panel of experts won’t decide the winner. The ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do you respond to dinner guests who ask for items above and beyond those which are visibly on offer or verbally listed by the host? For example: “Do you have brand X of water?” ...

Dear Annie: My husband and I recently invited two couples to dinner. They accepted warmly and promptly, which was lovely. Then came the food requirements. One guest has a nut allergy, which of course ...

Dear Carolyn: Last weekend, I was at a dinner party attended by 10 people. When the conversation turned to politics, one of the guests was insistent that she had heard enough that day. We are all nice ...