From the Sunday Dinner chapter inย How to Celebrate Everything:
โAs far back as I can remember, itโs been a given that we end the weekend with family at our own table, whether that table has been in our Brooklyn apartment, in our first house in the suburbs, or in my parentsโ or sisterโs house across the county. Only under special circumstancesโSuper Bowls, Oscar Nights, invitations we canโt weasel our way out ofโdo we stray from this policy. I realize Iโm not alone here. No matter what Sunday dinner looks like in your house, whether it involves a proper roast on a Wedgwood platter, some dogs on the backyard grill, or the ambient roar of an NFL crowd on TV pulsing in the background, Iโm guessing the philosophy behind it is most likely the same: Rest, recalibrate, reconnect. Weโve got a long week ahead of us.โ
Pork Lettuce Wraps with Pomegranate are just the thing to make this weekend. For book owners, the recipe is on page 238. For the rest of you, check out this nifty little video tutorial.
EASY!
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Just picked up HTCE yesterday and I love it (along with your first two books). As I was reading through the beginning about the bus stop, I was thinking โYES!โ and feeling all wistfulโฆ mine just moved to the next stage of school. No more grade school mornings. The premise of this book to celebrate our whole lives, not just the occasional holiday, is fantastic. It all goes so quickly and making the most of our relationships (family, friends, community) is so important. So under โany excuse will doโ, Iโve been marking up the book already. Thank you!
Fun! Love the video. My teenage son and his friends eat at my house on Monday nights in between after school sports and evening play rehearsal. I love having them and cooking that meal for them. It does feel like a celebration when they are all talking and laughing around the table.
Weโre starting Family Movie Night on Sundays- first one is this weekend! In the future I will totally do a themed dinner to the movie, but for right now itโs MYOPizza. Also, I grabbed Dinner: The Playbook from the library this week (for the second time!) and Iโve been rereading and flipping through it for inspiration. I felt so much better when I read your line about the โharrowing yearsโ of toddlerhood for your family. I have a 2.5 yr old and 2 month old, and you made me feel like a superhero because I still get a dinner on the table for all us. Sorta. The 2 year old gets his own meatball or chicken tenders, but whatever. We eat at the same time! And you reminded me that it will get better. I mean, if we stop having kids that isโฆ
I love the video.
Love the video!