Family Dinner

Eating Dinner as a Family Matters (More Than Making It to Every Ballet Lesson and Soccer Game)

Zester Daily | Posted 05.17.2012

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Meals don't just address our biological need to feed ourselves. Cooking and eating together have united humans since we first gathered around a fire to prepare the spoils of a successful hunt.

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15 (Kinda Sorta) Truths About Dinner

Jenny Rosenstrach | Posted 05.17.2012

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Dinner will taste twice as good when it's eaten outside. Four times as good when eaten in an outdoor space surrounded by white string lights and with a view of any body of water.

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Stop Making Two Dinners: Versatile Ideas for the Whole Family

Charity Curley Mathews | Posted 05.15.2012

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Parenting is amazing, sometimes hilarious and often difficult. Adjusting expectations so that the mini members of your dinner table eat what you're eating is a natural way to make life easier.

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Table Talk: The Importance of Reading

Posted 05.04.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Evin Moore cares a lot about reading. In fact, he cares so much tha...

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Do Family Dinners Improve Your Finances?

Beth Kobliner | Posted 05.01.2012

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Your assignment: Try committing to some healthy routines, like aiming for at least two family meals a week to start. I'm sensing a reality show in the making: The Biggest Saver, anyone?

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Why Eating Dinner Together Keeps Us Happy And Healthy

Posted 04.27.2012

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: At HuffPost, we’ve always believed in the importance of family me...

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Make May Your Official Family Mealtime Month: A How-To Guide

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 04.26.2012

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Your kids will not only benefit from family mealtime -- they'll remember their experiences fondly into adulthood and will pass the tradition on to their children. Here is a four-step guide for parents to bring mealtime back and include their children in the process.

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Why I Don’t Force My Kids to 'Just Eat What’s In Front of Them'

Charity Curley Mathews | Posted 04.23.2012

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My husband and I are trying to create a home culture where family dinners are enjoyed by everyone and eaten by everyone (almost) every time. Here's what works for us.

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How to Plan Family Dinner

Jenny Rosenstrach | Posted 04.06.2012

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But of all the issues that can face a dinner-maker -- no time, no skills, no inspiration, no help with the cooking -- Nina has the big one down: Family dinner is the house default mode. She and her husband (who both work from home) and their two kids sit down to a meal together every night.

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7 Ways To Get Your Kid To Eat

Jenny Rosenstrach | Posted 05.07.2012

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I like to think things are not so bad at our collective family tables that we need to assume, as this note did, that all children fall under the category of picky eaters. We all have our handicaps (in our house, they are eggs and pasta -- think about that! Two of the most fall-back-plan-y foods that exist in this world!)

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My Worst Parenting Fear

Charity Curley Mathews | Posted 03.04.2012

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Some parents focus on emotional parenting, others on sports or art or music. For me it's food. Maybe it's my hippy upbringing or my undying devotion to Ina Garten.

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Time To Stop Pretending All Mothers Eat Dinner With Their Kids At Six

Bonnie Rothman Morris | Posted 02.26.2012

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Real life is complicated and dinner at six with the kids, especially for most working parents, not always possible. We regular moms have to give ourselves permission for the occasional slip.

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Family Dinners: Just Holiday Time, Or All The Time?

Charlotte Reznick, Ph.D. | Posted 01.23.2012

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Family dinners can be a loving, predictable routine that make kids feel safe and cherished. It's wonderful to know there is something you can always count on, even when there's so much unpredictability and change in our fast paced lives.

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Mario Batali: The Importance Of Family Dinner

Mario Batali | Posted 01.17.2012

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Cooking family dinner should start long before bags full of groceries are on the counter. Conversation and democracy are two essential tenets to dining as a family.

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Comfort Food From My Mom's Kitchen: Selma's Chicken Cutlets

Laura Kumin | Posted 12.18.2011

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My definition of comfort food is that it makes you sigh with contentment at the mere thought of the dish. For my family, my mom's chicken cutlets are the ultimate Friday comfort dinner.

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Take Back Dinnertime

Kristin van Ogtrop | Posted 11.06.2011

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Family dinner. Doesn't that have a nice ring to it? Doesn't it evoke images of kids with really good posture and parents who love all four food groups equally? No wrestling, no potty humor, and definitely no trick forks. Does such a thing exist?

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Watching the Ice Melt in the Kool-Aid: Or, How I Learned to Eat My Vegetables

Linnie Frank Bailey | Posted 10.17.2011

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Sometimes I wish I could talk to the parents I had as a kid. One question I would ask them is this: what was the point of making a thirsty child eat their vegetables before drinking that watery Kool-Aid you served with dinner?

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The Elephant in the Kitchen

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 09.18.2011

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By teaching children the love, joy, knowledge and skills of cooking, they become empowered to make healthy choices and take control of their own physical, emotional and spiritual well-being for the rest of their lives.

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Menu Auditions for Our Fourth of July Feast

Jenny Rosenstrach | Posted 09.01.2011

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The moment the "what-are-we-cooking-for-the-Fourth?" emails from my brother, sister, mom and dad start pinging like crazy in my inbox -- usually about a week before the holiday -- I know it's time to stake my claim.

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Feel-Good Family Dinner: Myth or Reality?

Grace R. Freedman, Ph.D. | Posted 08.02.2011

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While some families experience camera-ready, feel-good moments at family dinner, at least sometimes, other people feel like family dinner is one more thing for working parents to feel guilty about. Which image is right?

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This Week's HuffPost Family Dinner Download: Celebrating Women

Posted 05.25.2011

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In her new cookbook, The Family Dinner, Laurie David talks about the importance of families making a ritual of sitting down to dinner together, and ho...

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This Week's HuffPost Family Dinner Download: Celebrating Women

Posted 05.25.2011

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In her new cookbook, The Family Dinner, Laurie David talks about the importance of families making a ritual of sitting down to dinner together, and ho...

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Laurie David Shares Family Dinner Conversation Tips

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 11.17.2011

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I spoke with Laurie David, friend, mom and author of the new book, "The Family Dinner," to get her take on how to keep table conversation lively and friendly.

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How Eating At Home Can Save Your Life

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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The family dinner has been hijacked by the food industry. The transformations of the American home and meal did not happen by accident.

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Laurie David's Family Dinner Cookbook: The Culinary Companion to Jon Stewart's Sanity Rally?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don't be fooled by The Family Dinner's sunny yellow cover. Though it's filled with tantalizing recipes, this is much more than a cookbook. And it's not just for parents and kids.

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