“The home-cooked meal is revered as the ultimate expression of food integrity.” “Human self-actualization, human self-affirmation, I think is actually encouraged and stimulated when we viscerally participate in the physical elements of life.” ...
As we approach Community Dining’s three year anniversary, I continue to refine its focus, which has become more about connecting individually with people than anything else. Perhaps paradoxically, I’ve begun to prefer private events where I personally...
“Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far way. ...
After hosting 42 Community Dining events since April of 2015 and accumulating an e-mail list of over 1,100 people, almost all of whom I’ve met, I’ve decided to take a step back and reflect on how I can continue to build authentic community. Many of these...
“Dialogue is the yeast that lightens the bread; & should be paid for at double rate — whereas by the word-system it counts the same as the dough.” Mark Twain “Beware of virtue. Lao Tza, the Chinese philosopher said, “The highest virtue is...
In a previous article, I shared my personal story about what led me to start a farm-to-table community dining and wellness club and how my realization of the intimate connection among local and sustainable food, community, and culture led me down a path of becoming...
