Pass the Salad

Jesus knows family suppers aren’t always easy. But, just like that painting of the infamous “last supper,” has commensality become a relic from another time?

“We’ve lost the time to sit down and eat,” says Gillian Crowther, PhD, a retired social anthropologist from Capilano University and author of the book Eating Culture. She says we’ve also lost the “nicer cultural side of exploring what cuisine means to people, and how it’s a sort of historical artifact.”

How sharing a meal enriches body and soul.