Recipes & Meals

Conversation Starters

  1. Where is your favorite place in the world? Why?
  2. If you were ruler of the world for a day, what three things would you do?
  3. Who do you think is happier – a dog or a bird?
  4. What is good about having brothers and sisters? What is good about being an only child?
  5. Can you name five kinds of trees?
  6. What would your life be like if there were no telephones?
  7. Why do we dream?
  8. Name three things that you have never done.
  9. Can you name your five senses? Which one do you think it would be easiest to live without? Which one would be most difficult?
  10. Which members of your family came to the U.S. from far away? Where did they come from? When? Why?
  11. Is there somebody you know who could use some help? Is there a way that you could help them?
Recipe

Mealtimes Matter Video
from Miriam Weinstein

Video Podcast

About Miriam

Miriam Weinstein is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. As a journalist, she has won several awards from the New England Press Association. Her work has appeared in Boston Magazine, the Boston Globe magazine, Hope, and ParentSource. A former staff member for North Shore Weeklies and freelancer for Essex County Newspapers, she writes restaurant reviews and food columns as well as features on a wide variety of subjects. She lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with her husband and has two grown children.


The Surprising Power of Family Meals

The Surprising Power of Family Meals

In her book, The Surprising Power of Family Meals, Miriam Weinstein shows how this basic human institution helps nourish and strengthen our families today. You can buy this book from our friends at Smucker's® Online Store.

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