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• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: Splitting the Check (or the Friendship?)

  Florence Fabricant answers diners' questions. Read More... Posted Sep 21 2012, 11:08 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Wine, Etiquette, tipping

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: The Case of the Runaway Beet

  Questions about dining etiquette. Read More... Posted Aug 09 2012, 11:41 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Dogs, Dear FloFab, Service/Tips, Etiquette, dinner parties, Atera

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Have a Dining Dilemma? Ask FloFab

  Florence Fabricant gives advice on the fine points of entertaining at home and eating in restaurants. Ask her a question. Read More... Posted Jul 31 2012, 10:17 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Customs, Etiquette and Manners, Etiquette, Fabricant, Florence, dining, Florence Fabricant

• Diner’s Journal: Dear FloFab: My Boyfriend's Mother May Poison Me With Peanuts

  Advice on confronting someone who just doesn’t seem to get the severity of your food allergies. Read More... Posted May 17 2012, 05:40 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Peanuts, Dear FloFab, Etiquette, food allergies

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: My Husband Spits Out the Pits!

  What to do when a dining companion is uncouth with a bowl of olives, and when your dinner party hostess shakes you down for cash. Read More... Posted May 03 2012, 03:11 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking, Dear FloFab, Etiquette

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: From the School of Fish Past Its Prime

  What should a guest do when faced with the possibility of the mayhem of food poisoning at a dinner party? Read More... Posted Apr 19 2012, 03:25 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Wine, Dear FloFab, Etiquette, Drinking

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: No Dessert for Me

  What to do when a restaurant hustles you out before dessert, and why restaurants impose that automatic 18 percent gratuity for large parties. Read More... Posted Apr 09 2012, 11:47 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Tips and Tipping, Dear FloFab, Etiquette, tipping

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: What's the Etiquette for the Tight-Table Squeeze?

  Advice on how to squeeze between tightly packed tables at a restaurant, and how much to tip on a pricey bottle of wine. Read More... Posted Mar 16 2012, 12:20 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Dear FloFab, Etiquette, tipping

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: The Baby at the Next Table Won't Stop Howling

  How to shush the baby one table over without getting into a brawl, how to split the check with close friends who always over-order, and what to do when some plates are cleared before other diners have finished. Read More... Posted Mar 01 2012, 03:14 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Babies, Dear FloFab, Etiquette, splitting the check

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: Can We Pay the Tab Without Offending?

  Advice on paying for friends' food, tipping on a free meal and putting hands on the table. Read More... Posted Feb 16 2012, 10:50 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Dear FloFab, advice, Etiquette, tipping, home entertaining

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: Please Don't Take My Plate Yet

  Advice on clearing the table early, tipping bartenders and dining out with dietary restrictions. Read More... Posted Feb 09 2012, 11:08 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Bars, Bartenders, Cooking, advice, Etiquette, tipping, home entertaining, dietary restrictions

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: Should Men Leap Up for Women?

  Advice on restaurant tipping, wine as a hostess gift, and the old precept that men should stand when women arrive or leave. Read More... Posted Feb 02 2012, 11:10 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, advice, Etiquette, tipping, home entertaining

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: Should a Host Wait to Wash Dishes?

  Advice on washing dinner-party dishes, waiting for a restaurant table and letting shower guests run up your tab. Read More... Posted Jan 26 2012, 12:55 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, advice, Etiquette, home entertaining, family celebrations

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: How to Feed a Family With So Many Taboos?

  Advice on dealing with relatives' dietary restrictions, an inedible restaurant dish and a fiance who demands meat at every meal. Read More... Posted Jan 19 2012, 01:33 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Valentine's Day, Cooking, advice, Etiquette, vegetarians, home entertaining, relationships, vegans

• Diner’s Journal Blog: Dear FloFab: I'm Your Waiter, Not 'Honeybunch'

  Advice on serving diners who get too familiar, thanking guests for hostess gifts, and satisfying a strictly meat-and-potatoes relative. Read More... Posted Jan 12 2012, 11:03 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, advice, Etiquette, waiters, vegetarians, home entertaining, vegans