The Financial Times sought the opinions of food writers to create dining commandments, eliciting responses from industry experts who were largely critical, calling many of the rules absurd. In a world where dining out is increasingly costly, people are more focused on affordability than culinary etiquette. However, personal dining rules emerge, emphasizing expectations in social dining settings and the absurdity of some traditional guidelines. This humor-filled commentary highlights individual preferences and the evolving nature of what constitutes acceptable dining practices among friends and family.
You'll never eat a good meal in a restaurant that puts caviar on scrambled eggs. Your dining companions should have a say in what you order.
The experts were not impressed: 'The dumbest thing I've ever heard,' 'Over my cold dead body,' 'This is not just a bad rule, it's an act of terrorism.'
Soup is a drink, not a meal. Toast, however, is totally a meal. 'What's for dinner?' is a despicable question.
It's toilet paper for the kitchen, she says, with the devastating finality of Nicky Haslam. Everyone should have napkins.
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