Entree: This is not the main course, as today’s restaurants believe, but rather the “entry” to the main meal. An entree was typically asparagus, artichokes or corn. 6. Sorbet 7. Hot roast 8 ...

Throughout her life, she would tell me of grand dinner parties that would last all evening with numerous courses and the table “turning” twice during these amazing fetes. When I asked her what ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I had a formal sit-down dinner for eight guests at my home. One guest was on her phone nearly the whole time -- texting and even watching live videos that her friends posted ...