family meal
Noun
Meaning
A meal eaten together by the members of a family.
The meal served to the kitchen staff of a restaurant before it opens to the public.
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Landmines distinguish themselves because once they have been sown, once the soldier walks away from the weapon, the landmine cannot tell the difference between a soldier or a civilian - a woman, a child, a grandmother going out to collect firewood to make the family meal.
The family meal is the nursery of democracy.
When my children were growing up, we began every family meal - which included breakfast and dinner every day - with a prayer. We are Jewish and so it was the prayer over bread, when we were having bread, or the catch-all prayer for everything when we weren't.
The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation.
The Costolo Family Meal Fund drive donations, as of Wednesday, have topped $30,000, Nayfeld said.