Margaret Visser The Real Meaning of Table Manners By Melanie Fogel Volume 19 Number 5 1991 October Margaret Visser discusses table manners and social behavior, covering everything from cannibalism and the Gulf War to the Eucharist. The review/feature story that you are requesting is not available online. Please access the review/feature story from the printed version of CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. Books by Magaret Visser Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos, of an Ordinary Meal. McClelland & Stewart, 1986. The Rituals of Dinner: The Origin, Evolution, Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners. HarperCollins, 1991.