California in the 1960s was a wild mix of old-school manners and new-age freedom, especially when it came to dinner parties. Families and friends gathered around tables with rules that seem totally ...

At our home in Covington, my Cuban mother taught me to chew with my mouth closed. And that was the extent of my table manners. My mom cooked every night, mostly American or Cuban food, and we only ...

The way your grandparents sat at the dinner table probably looked vastly different from how most of us eat today. Picture perfect posture, napkins folded just so, and not a single elbow daring to ...