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Laced with anecdotes and everyday relevance, Watson's "Food and Culture" course examines the social implications of food around the world, with topics ranging from kosher rules to table manners, from vegetarianism to famine foods.
Having spent most of his life studying China, Watson said he discovered very early that one really cannot understand Chinese culture without understanding food, "and not just the production of food but the consumption, the way people eat, the manners, the etiquette and the symbolism."
They are all, God knows, energetic, and their never-a-dull-moment playing commands our astonished attention. You almost feel that if you let it wander for an instant, someone would reach out from the screen and slam you with a two-by-four. At the same time, you are...
It is very important that children learn good manners at an early age [EDUCATION, Sept. 29]. Some people think it is a waste of schooltime to teach children to be polite, but politeness is more important than your IQ. It is better to be a B-average student with great...
NO BOOZE BILL Overeating, philandering, pseudo inhaling--that's the old Bill Clinton. Now it seems Bill's gone teetotal. Never much of a drinker, last week the President faked sipping wine during two toasts at a U.N. luncheon. A breach of etiquette? No, says Letitia Baldrige, former chief of...