The words "fine dining" and "etiquette" are enough to strike fear into the hearts of even the most learned people. It usually conjures images of rows of cutlery, tiny portions of hard-to-eat food, and ...

Charles Dickens popularised the traditional, English Christmas in 1843 in his novel A Christmas Carol, when Bob Cratchit and his family sit down on Christmas Day to eat a dinner of goose with mashed ...