Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. At a recent ...

No piece of restaurant furniture is more controversial than the communal table. You either think it’s a fun way to meet new ...

At a recent dinner party, I raised a glass to say “happy birthday” to a new friend across the table. We’d be celebrating with six others over a four-course meal with cocktails, wine and three hours of ...

Deco seems to be really hungry today. We’re sticking with a food theme. Calling all single people! Have you ever wanted to eat out, but you didn’t go because you had no one to go with? Well, one South ...

Humans are naturally social beings, it is quite literally coded into our DNA – our survival as a species was dependent on mutual cooperation and collaboration. The earliest human beings fought, hunted ...

This week's reader question comes from A.N., who confesses to feeling a little misanthropic when confronted with tablemates she didn't ask for: How do you negotiate the communal table? Start a ...

Gen Z is bringing back a controversial dining trend, a new report found, as the generation seeks connection in an increasingly digital world. Members of the generation born between 1997 and 2012 are ...

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Not everyone prefers to dine at a quiet little table or booth. For some, a big communal table offers an opportunity to eat, drink and chat with friends and strangers. For diners self-conscious about ...

In what feels like another lifetime but was really only about a year ago, dinner party dining experiences like San Francisco’s Lazy Bear were all the rage. The two Michelin-starred restaurant would ...

Among our world’s scorned peoples, there is one group that is arguably the target of more condemnation than any other, a group with a remarkable capacity for arousing suspicion and fear within all of ...