Behold the power of family dinner!

"That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis, if you can get people to eating normally things get better."

- Madeleine L'Engle

I think L'Engle's observation is all the more true when that food is shared with family and friends. It's been a perfect week to reflect on this as we prepare for Thanksgiving and spend time with family and friends whom we rarely see. And having special time around a table with those we love does, indeed, have many benefits, drawing us close together after a long day -- or even months -- apart.

Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving and all of the joys that follow time together at the table.  

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For more on the benefits of eating dinner together, visit http://www.eatdinner.org and see my recent column in the Chicago Tribune.