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‘We gather together’: Food, rituals bind us
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fbgstandard01, on September 19, 2018
‘We gather together’: Food, rituals bind us

According to a 2016 study done by The Hartman Group, a food and beverage research firm, 42 percent of meals are eaten alone. That’s a four-percent increase from 2012. In the 1950s, most families had a designated meal planner, but with the evolution of frozen meals and meal-kit delivery services, “Anyone

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