Dear Miss Manners-At a wedding reception with an open bar, there is a large brandy snifter, vase, glass jar or whatever on the bar. When guests leave money in this, who is it meant for?

Meet the brandy snifter, a sophisticated friend to booze. The brandy snifter is a glass that takes itself very seriously. The wide, curvy—almost Rubenesque—vessel for the consumption of such ...

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