{"id":583,"date":"2011-06-14T12:11:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T18:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hippiemommy.com\/?p=583"},"modified":"2011-06-14T12:11:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T18:11:37","slug":"the-family-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hippiemommy.com\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"The Family Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=hippiemommy-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=0446565466&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>People say they don&#8217;t have time to cook, yet in the last few years we have found <strong>an extra two hours a day for the internet<\/strong>. &#8212; Michael Pollan, author of <em>The Omnivore&#8217;s Dilemma<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is nothing like a crisis to remind you of what is important in life.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few months, as my family has adjusted to our current, leukemia-battling life, I&#8217;ve come to appreciate just how important family dinners are for all of us. When my mom was released from the hospital after her induction therapy, I realized that cooking big dinners for my parents and my family was healing for me. I&#8217;ve always loved food, and I <em>show<\/em> love with healthy, yummy food, so it just felt &#8220;right&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, as times of higher-stress have come&#8230; times when I&#8217;ve been at the hospital for large chunks of time (including dinner time), we&#8217;ve eaten out more. Not only have our bodies screamed that they don&#8217;t appreciate crappy food, but so have our spirits. It just isn&#8217;t the same.<\/p>\n<p>So, it isn&#8217;t a shock that I was instantly drawn to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/gan.doubleclick.net\/gan_click?lid=41000000012871747&amp;pid=9780446565462&amp;adurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.barnesandnoble.com%2FThe-Family-Dinner%2FLaurie-David%2Fe%2F9780446565462&amp;usg=AFHzDLswJzQ0PKJtTo0JT5upoT4qRGtFfQ&amp;pubid=21000000000270551\">The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect with Your Kids, One Meal at a Time<\/a><\/em> by Laurie David. Part book and part cookbook, it is a nice reminder of why I value family meals so much.<\/p>\n<p>The encouragement, recipes, and ideas for family rituals are really beautiful. I love the place setting, conversation starters, table games and music ideas. Each recipe includes a list of prep\/cooking items that kids can do. Are these things necessary for a great family meal? Absolutely not. They are fun, though \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Some parts of our family meals have been harder to keep up during this high-stress time, and one of those was our Shabbat meal with homemade challah bread. It is something that my kids love &#8212; the fresh bread, lighting candles, giving thanks&#8230; I smiled when I saw Shabbat meals mentioned in the first chapter and again later in the book, and realized that I&#8217;ve really missed those Friday night meals. I&#8217;m re-instituting them, effective immediately \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;I think Shabbat is a perfect concept for any family, regardless of religion. It&#8217;s just too great an idea not to do your own version: a special night once a week where everyone knows they will sit leisurely around the table, take stock of the week&#8217;s highs and lows, and savor family, food, and friends&#8230; &#8212; <em>The Family Dinner<\/em> pg. 199<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On top of everything else: This book is just beautiful. The quotes and photography are lovely, and it is a joy to read. I can see how it&#8217;d be an encouragement for both those who already practice a family dinner or for those who want to start one.<\/p>\n<p>(For the record, I didn&#8217;t get a free copy or any compensation. I had to check the book out at the library ;))<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People say they don&#8217;t have time to cook, yet in the last few years we have found an extra two hours a day for the internet. &#8212; Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore&#8217;s Dilemma There is nothing like a crisis to remind you of what is important in life. 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