I hopped aboard the Empire Builder for a ride from Seattle to Chicago, some great views, and lots of good food. I hadn’t seen my son who lives in Bellingham, Wash., since before the pandemic, and I ...

Fifteen years ago, New York Post critic Steve Cuozzo bemoaned the “infantilization of dining” as white tablecloths — elegant, urbane — disappeared from the city’s upscale dining rooms. It was a creep ...