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4 MAY 17, 2023
W hen I was growing up, we ate dinner together as a family, every day. By the time I was a mom, gathering our little family was hit and miss. I worked 12-hour shifts as a registered nurse and got home after my
other’s eyes and have a real conversation. It’s wonderful.
There are only two of us at home now
PHOTO COURTESY MAILE ANDRUS-PRICE
and I’ve recently reinstated eating at the table, not in front of the TV. We put our cell phones away. We are present and eat joyfully. It’s been nice. We look into each
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The Grateful Gourmet
BY MAILE ANDRUS-PRICE
Gather Those Loved Ones Back At The Lost Table
LINGUINE IN CLAM SAUCE
Ingredients:
• 1-pound box of linguine • 2 blocks butter
• 2 cans of chopped clams
with juice
• 1 bulb of garlic, minced • juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1/2 cup of white wine,
optional
• 1 sprig of fresh rosemary
cut up (don’t use the hard stem) • Flat leaf parsley, fresh Parmesan cheese and grape
tomatoes for garnish
Directions:
Prepare linguine as directed, saving 1 cup of pasta water, set aside. Melt 2 blocks of butter. Add clams with juice, minced garlic and lemon juice. Simmer on low for 5-10 minutes. Place noodles in a large bowl. If noodles are stuck together, add a little pasta water to loosen them. Pour clam sauce over noodles. Garnish with pars- ley, cheese and a few sliced grape tomatoes to add color contrast to make it pop.
daughter Jasmine was in bed.
Looking at most American lives, it ap-
I encourage you, as hard as it might be, to gather at least twice a week. Find your lost table. Making mealtime a daily ritual of connection and gratitude. The results of this simple act of eating at the table will have rewards that enrich your life and the lives of those you gather with for genera- tions to come.
pears that the dinner table has been lost. It’s been replaced with hastily chomping on something on the way to volleyball or some other extracurricular activity. As a nation, we have lost more than our dinner table. We’ve lost cherished family time hearing about each other’s day, learning about and discussing current events. With no table to gather around, our meals are not as appreciated or relished. I find this tragic.
Here is an ‘ono recipe for linguine in clam sauce that will gather loved ones back to your lost table.
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