Category Archives: contemporary culture

Table Talk With Kids

Posted on February 15, 2013 by t. a. keenleyside

Here’s an excerpt from At the Table, Nourishing Conversation and Food (Penumbra Press, 2012) on the subject of conversing with children at dinnertime: “Isto e chato,” Sam, seven, a demanding eater, complains–“This sucks” in Portuguese. It’s a phrase I taught … Continue reading →

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Turn Off Your Cell Phones. It’s Dinnertime!

Posted on December 9, 2012 by t. a. keenleyside

Do we have as many meals around the dining room table as we used to–together as families and friends, enjoying good company and conversation as well as good food? Most observers of contemporary culture tell us “no”, not in today’s … Continue reading →

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