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Whatever Happened to Dinner? Author Interview
When Shaping Families producer Melodie Davis asked a high school family living class who cooked dinner at their houses, the responses blew her away: “No one. We each pretty much fend for ourselves,” they claimed. “We just find something to eat or pick up something on the way home.” So she wrote a book, Whatever Happened to Dinner? Recipes and Reflections for Family Mealtime and discusses the research and findings on Shaping Families this week with host Burton Buller.
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Just Sayin'
Emily Ralph
Ahh—holiday dinners … the best plates, silverware, and linens, table piled high with turkey, potatoes, jams, and relishes. Pies cooling on the counter. Dad and uncles yelling at the football game on TV while Mom and aunts rush around putting the final touches on everything. The smells and anticipation.
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VIDEO
Whatever Happened to Dinner? Entertaining promotional video on YouTube.
WEBSITES
Publisher’s webpage for Whatever Happened to Dinner? with multiple resources, reviews, comments.
Two Another Way newspaper columns with more background on writing the book:
Study guide: 13-week study guide for Whatever Happened to Dinner? useable by small groups, Sunday school or Christian education classes, Mom’s groups, supper clubs.
CASA Report on Substance Abuse Surveys
FACEBOOK PAGES
Family Day: A Day to Eat Dinner With Your ChildrenStouffer’s (Foods) “Let’s Eat Dinner” Campaign
BOOKS
The Surprising Power of Family Meals, (Steerforth, 2006) Miriam Weinstein
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, (Harper, 2008) Barbara Kingsolver
More With Less Cookbook, (Herald Press, 2003) Doris Janzen Longacre
My Two Year Old Eats Octopus: Raising Children Who Love to Eat Everything (Bull Publishing, 2009) Nancy Tringali Piho
Mother’s Best: Comfort Food That Takes You Home Again (Taunton Press, 2009) Lisa Schroeder
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The Family Gathered
Burton Buller
When my mother married my father, she was no cook. I remember eating junket sauce, a congealed milk dish made with rennet tablets, as the main entrée many evenings. The next favorite entrée was cold rice with milk, cinnamon and sugar. Not much skill in these dishes.
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Favorite Family Recipes
Magic Cookie Bars
Producer Melodie Davis is author of the new book, "Whatever Happened to Dinner." See the trailer for this book.
One of Melodie's recipes in the book is this easy-to-make bar recipe. She says this is her husband’s favorite Christmas cookie/treat and, "You only dirty one cake pan!"
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