Related to Jeremy's post, from Rescue Magazine's Family Food blog's Acts of Love post:
"We need to eat together as friends and as family. If you consider that three of our most basic human needs – love, food, and security – are intermingled at the dinner table, then it is not difficult to understand why breaking bread together is a sacrament and part of what keeps the human family together."
Be sure to check out the comments for readers' fondest food memories, and the rest of Rescue Mag's excellent blogs.