Dreams Quote by Doris Christopher

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

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

This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think,…

— Jacques Pepin

The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a…

— Laurie Colwin

“are important sources of emotional, creative and spiritual nourishment for me. It seems there is never enough space at our kitchen table; the children…

— Louise Westerhout

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

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

Sitting down at the table is a sacred event. It's the heart of the home. People have ginormous homes or crappy little homes, but…

— Debi Mazar

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

— Henri Nouwen

One of the nicest things about taking your kids to a restaurant - Thai or Chinese for example - is having all the dishes…

— Ainsley Harriott

“She stays at home and cares for the house and for the children. Optimally, she learns to cook, but at the very least, she…

— Kaira Rouda

Working- and Middle-class families sat down at the dinner table every night - the shared meal was the touchstone of good manners. Indeed, that…

— Larry McMurtry