Family Dinners

The One Thing Politicians Can Agree on

Michael Zacka | Posted 05.22.2012

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Michael Zacka

The magic that happens over shared meals can help preserve the American family, strengthen all of its members and enrich their lives. I'm sure America's Republicans and Democrats both agree that more families should be sitting together at dinner.

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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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Zester Daily

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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Jenny Rosenstrach

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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Angels at Risk: Damage Control Works in the Kindest of Ways

Susie Spain | Posted 05.10.2012

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Susie Spain

Teens who do not have dinner with their families five to seven times per week are twice as likely to have used alcohol and 1.5 times likelier to have used marijuana, as compared to teens who do participate in family dinners.

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Breaking The "Chicken, Again?" Spell

Katie Workman | Posted 05.04.2012

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Katie Workman

While we've all been stuck in our chicken ruts, these recipes should break the "Chicken, again?" spell, at least for a while.

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Do Family Dinners Improve Your Finances?

Beth Kobliner | Posted 05.01.2012

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Beth Kobliner

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

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 04.26.2012

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Linda Novick O'Keefe

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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Five Family Dinners For Less Than $20

Bon Appetit | Posted 04.10.2012

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Bon Appetit

Is your wallet lighter after Tax Day? Replenish with five nights' worth of family-friendly dinner menus for less than $20 each.

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Four Tips for Spring Cleaning Your Cuisine

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 05.22.2012

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Linda Novick O'Keefe

Spring is a time of renewal, of first plantings and pea shoots. What better time to clean up your family's food habits? Here are four simple changes that I'm trying to bring into my own home this spring.

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7 Ways To Get Your Kid To Eat

Jenny Rosenstrach | Posted 05.07.2012

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Jenny Rosenstrach

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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Vegetarian Mexican Lasagna, A.K.A Taco Night

Maytal Wichman | Posted 04.30.2012

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Maytal Wichman

We love taco night at our house. In fact, we love taco night so much, that we've created other nights of eating virtually the same food but under a different name.

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Turkey Pot Pie -- Easy Comfort Food

Laura Kumin | Posted 04.10.2012

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Laura Kumin

Recently, my darling spouse reminded me that we still had 2 packages of Thanksgiving turkey in the freezer.

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'Tis the Season (for Political Hijacking)

Philip Galanes | Posted 02.19.2012

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Philip Galanes

Why would we voluntarily model our private behavior on the provocations of Bill O'Reilly and Chris Matthews, in our own homes, with our actual loved ones?

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The Case For The Israeli Dinner

Maytal Wichman | Posted 01.29.2012

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Maytal Wichman

Countless studies have stressed the importance of taking the time to sit down as a family and eat dinner together, but in today's reality, the time to cook a wholesome family meal is practically nonexistent.

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner for the Holidays?

Priscilla Warner | Posted 01.28.2012

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Priscilla Warner

What if we could have imaginary dinners with people at will? What if we could break bread, heal old wounds, clear the air and right the wrongs we've done to people over the years, even after they're gone?

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5 Quick and Healthy Fall Weeknight Meals

Anna Watson Carl | Posted 01.07.2012

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Anna Watson Carl

2011-11-07-Screenshot20111107at3.51.16PM.jpgThis time of year, with holidays right around the corner, it's more important than ever to get in the habit of eating healthy weeknight meals.

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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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Laura Kumin

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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Don't Let the French Fries Win - How To Get Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 11.26.2011

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Linda Novick O'Keefe

While it won't happen overnight, by engaging your children in a nightly ritual of introducing a new wholesome, tasty food, you are setting the stage for your child's eating habits for a lifetime.

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Take Back Dinnertime

Kristin van Ogtrop | Posted 11.06.2011

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Kristin van Ogtrop

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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Protecting The Environment: A Family Dinner Table Talk

Posted 10.19.2011

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This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: As the 2012 presidential election campaign season starts up, one of...

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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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Linnie Frank Bailey

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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Food Therapy

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 10.05.2011

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Linda Novick O'Keefe

Food is not only a way for us to learn about each other, but it provides us with a daily opportunity to bring us together, literally and figuratively.

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A Picky Eater Taxonomy

Jenny Rosenstrach | Posted 10.01.2011

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Jenny Rosenstrach

The Compartmentalizer -- Modus operandi: Will not even sit down at the table if the potatoes are touching the broccoli. Last question before bed: "Dad, is the DustBuster charging?" Thing that keeps him up at night: Sauce.

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The Elephant in the Kitchen

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 09.18.2011

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Linda Novick O'Keefe

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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Feel-Good Family Dinner: Myth or Reality?

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

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Grace R. Freedman, Ph.D.

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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