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Whatever Happened to Dinner? Food Editors Reflect
“It’s kind of just what we do. It’s getting more challenging as we have sporting events and school events and with that kind of stuff it doesn’t happen every night. But it’s the exception when we can’t. It’s just part of the routine.” – Carmen Wyse
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Rebecca Thatcher Murcia
I tend to have sort of a utilitarian attitude toward serving food. I think more about how it tastes in my mouth, instead of how it looks on the plate. My late husband, who studied to be a chef in Colombia, knew better. Saúl would take pains to cut fruit into creative shapes. I remember his apples that looked like sailing ships and my favorite — and one that I can actually do myself — is slicing cross hatches on a piece of mango so that it turns into a porcupine when you flip the skin inside out.
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BookRelated Resources
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.
www.CASAFamilyDay.org
CASA Report on Substance Abuse Surveys
Living on a Dime
FACEBOOK PAGES
Family Day: A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children Stouffer’s (Foods) “Let’s Eat Dinner” Campaign
BOOKS
Living More With Less, 30th Anniversary Edition (Herald Press, 2010) Doris Jantzen Longacre, revised by Valerie Weaver-Zercher. A practical guide for living in simple, sustainable and healthy ways.
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
Burton's Blog
10 Reasons for Families to Eat Together
Burton Buller
When Mary and I started our lives together, we did little cooking or baking. We both worked full time, and a satisfying meal was mixing up something like hamburger or tuna helper: something quick so that we could get back to preparations for the next day’s work.
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Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, theologian, professor of theological ethics at Duke Divinity School, (in North Carolina) and author of many books recently published a memoir, Hannah’s Child, (Eerdmans, 2010). Hauerwas is the guest on Shaping Families next week. The program explores how faith helped Hauerwas through difficult circumstances and how churches can be an ongoing help for families.
Favorite Family Recipes
Gingerbread Cookies
Producer Melodie Davis is author of the new book, "Whatever Happened to Dinner." See the trailer for this book.
From Jodi Nisly Hertzler's recipes: "Every year, come November, my kids are guaranteed to ask if we can make gingerbread men, a request I used to dread. So often, the dough requires refrigeration, and before we’re done rolling it out and cutting it into shapes, it’s sticking to everything and nearly impossible to work with, and we all end up frustrated. I finally found this recipe online (I’ve changed it a bit) and I’ll never use another one. The dough is amazingly soft and pliable and easy to work with. And the cookies tasted delicious, too."Updates
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