Gather ‘round the table: Food, shared conversation and community

9:00 - 10:15 a.m., Thursday, September 27, 2018
PSU Ballroom East

Few moments are as special as breaking bread together in celebration of important milestones or just connecting at the end of the day. Food is powerful. It brings us together, shapes our memories and empowers our communities. Sharing a meal is an intimate experience, and those who sit beside us at the table can feel this intimacy: bonds with loved ones become stronger and strangers no longer feel like strangers. As social science has proven, food has an impact beyond merely satiating our hunger. But how can we benefit from shared meals in our eat-out-of-sacks lives? It requires an investment of time, energy and relationship. It is a tradition well worth rediscovering.

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