Food is a catalyst for Connection
Dedicate yourself to Family Meal and you will improve your life exponentially. Family Meal isn't just the food you eat at home with relatives, Family Meal is a concept.
Family Meal is the time you set aside to eat with others while truly relishing conversations and the good food in front of you. Family Meal is a catalyst for connection.
Notice I wrote, "good" food, and that's important. Ever been around a table and the food was half baked and blah--What kind of conversations do you remember and what was the general feeling? I am thinking, not the best ones you have ever had. Now think about the meals that were exciting and delicious. Let me guess...you had a lot more fun and you felt apart of something special and from there the conversations flowed.
To do Family Meal right, you have to put away distractions and participate fully. No zoning out, checking emails, or answering the phone. Keep it positive, avoid gossip or criticism. And while I am a huge advocate of cooking at home, this concept of creating Family Meal can exist anywhere. In a restaurant, during lunch break at work, on a park bench, at a picnic. And this can exist with any group of people.
Labels: american classics, Family Meal
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