Tag: food rituals

When Life Gives You Lavender

Andrea Cordonier

Family & Friends, Food & Agriculture, My Old House

I don’t think of our family as highly-ritualized, but the growing and using of lavender is an annual activity, a foundation of our seasonal calendar. The little ones fight over who gets to pick it, then we crush it in the palms of our hands until we smell like the south of France. If the… Read more
All Manners of Eating With Children

Andrea Cordonier

Education & Learning, Family & Friends, Featured, Food & Agriculture

I wish I had never raised the subject. We’re taking the family away for the summer to France and Italy, which have heavily ritualized food-based cultures. Husband was born and raised in Northern Italy and I have been a regular visitor to western Europe over the years, so we’re not unfamiliar with the cultural expectations… Read more