Clear Quote by Tim Minchin

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

Methinks a father Is at the nuptial of his son a guest That best becomes the table.

— William Shakespeare

In our house, my dad had a chair. It was a Barcalounger, big and comfortable. If we missed him or wanted comfort when he…

— Wendell Pierce

Growing up in Luton, we'd always eat on a cloth, placed on the floor of the living room, with no TV allowed. There were…

— Nadiya Hussain

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

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

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

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was…

— Trisha Yearwood

Growing up, I didn't have great family dinners. We sat down every night, and my mother cooked food, but it was always about who…

— Laurie David

To this day, I don't know how our mum managed to put enough food on the table.

— Shakin' Stevens

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

Mum was a teacher and dad was in the RAF and they'd be working during the week but at weekends we'd all cook together.…

— Andi Oliver