Faldage wrote: And to Hyla regarding the concern about the use of the phrase "gentile way" I would suggest that he was being careful not to make the hand gesture look like the Mogen Dovid which would imply that he thought that the food served was substandard (i.e., not kosher).

I really thought "gentile" in the original was a typographical error, and that the word intended was "gentle." I was going to make a joke about it, but inspiration eluded me. Now I'm a mite bemused.

Is there really a hand gesture to indicate that food is not kosher or otherwise substandard? That's meshugganah!