Community Quote by Alice Waters

Food is about communal togetherness. Our family does sit at the table. I think it's a great tragedy if a family doesn't have a…

— Jonathan Dimbleby

Good families always ritualize the table. You can say, "This is a Christmas meal; this is a birthday meal."

— Henri Nouwen

The family dinner table is the cornerstone of civilization and those who 'graze' from refrigerators or in front of the television sets are doomed…

— Judith Martin

The table is the number one place we pass on family stories and it's the knowledge of where your family came from that helps…

— Laurie David

There are a lot of people who must have the table laid in the usual fashion or they will not enjoy the dinner.

— Christopher Morley

The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation, consideration, tolerance, family feeling, and…

— Judith Martin

I think fine dining should be part of the community where it is, more than just for the people who are going to make…

— Daniel Boulud

Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.

— Adriana Trigiani

“The dinner-table is often the terrain of critical conversations, for it is there one has the better of one's interlocutor. There is no escape…

— Maurice Renard

When I say, 'Everybody to the table and eat,' I mean it. That is the glue, the center that holds the family, that gives…

— Lidia Bastianich

Food feeds our souls. It is the single great unifier across all cultures. The table offers a sanctuary and a place to come together…

— Lidia Bastianich

“Instead of waiting around for church to assemble a perfect group dynamic of People Who Can Meet on Tuesdays, maybe just invite some folks…

— Jen Hatmaker