In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to handling situations where you want to refuse food due to hygiene concerns, while maintaining social graces.

I stopped eating potluck food at work years ago when I found cat hair in a piece of cake. Apparently, the lady who brought the cake regularly let her cats jump up on her kitchen counter. I was always ...

They've found cat hair in potluck food, and been offered cookies by strangers. The answer, now, is a resounding NO.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I stopped eating potluck food at work years ago when I found cat hair in a piece of cake. Apparently, the lady who brought the cake regularly let her cats jump up on her kitchen ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I stopped eating potluck food at work years ago when I found cat hair in a piece of cake. Apparently, the lady who brought the cake regularly let her cats jump up on her kitchen ...

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Twitter Boy wore a snug purple button down shirt, his hands fidgeting nervously as we walked toward each other. He told me I was even more beautiful in person. I glanced down at my dress, a new ...

The randomized controlled trial had 138 participants either consume 57 grams (or 2 ounces) of pecans a day in place of their usual snacks or to keep on eating their usual diet. After 12 weeks ...

A new study has found swapping snack foods for pecans improves cholesterol and the quality of people's diets. Eating pecans instead of typical snack foods was found to reduce key risk factors for ...