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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

I love a round table because everybody can see each other, and nobody feels like they're at the end of the table or left…

— Taylor Hill

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

The family was an art ... and the dinner table was the place it found expression.

— Don DeLillo

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

In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but…

— Marge Kennedy

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

It's not necessarily what a family is typically supposed to look like. But it is what it is. It's about a connection and bond…

— Queen Latifah

Family is based on mutual love of father, mother, brothers and sisters.

— Anonymous

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

The dinner table is a rite of civilization and we need to participate in that to keep our families together, to keep our communities…

— Alice Waters

You don't get to pick your partners in families; you get assigned a seat at the table.

— Greg Kinnear