All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
No better way to bond than food.
The whole barrier exists because most people never come together and sit down at a table ... join together, break bread together, and celebrate their differences and their likenesses.
Food is a great way of communicating.
For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them.
Some of the most lasting contacts and friendships that I have developed began by just grabbing a drink or breaking bread with a stranger at an industry event.
The sharing of food is like breaking bread, it's very symbolic.
Food can bring people together in a way nothing else could.
Food is about communal togetherness. Our family does sit at the table. I think it's a great tragedy if a family doesn't have a table, as there is such an atmosphere of good will and warmth when we have eight people sitting around it.
Food is kind of the conduit that brings people together.
My grandmother told me that her father used to ask her a riddle: What must you break apart in order to bring a family close together? Bread, of course.
Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start.
Food feeds our souls. It is the single great unifier across all cultures. The table offers a sanctuary and a place to come together for unity and understanding.
When I work in the theater, you know you'll get this almost devotional, religious experience where you're breaking bread with everyone every day.
