EditorialSara Jane Ho at the Russian Tea Room in New York on Dec. 6, 2022. Ho offers practical manners for a new, global world. (Morgan Rachel Levy/The New York Times)
EditorialSteep, a tea room offering tea ceremonies with warmth and informality, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 11, 2021. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times)
EditorialFaith Stewart-Gordon at the Russian Tea Room, the elegant restaurant that she owned and presided over for nearly three decades, in New York in 1977. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)