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[quote=Anonymous]In my old French family, lunch or dinner guests would come in, be introduced and greet friends, make conversation and accept a drink along with appetizers, while the meal was prepared in the kitchen (sometimes delivered by caterers, but most often cooked by family or family's cook). Children would have juice and inevitably a taste of the adults' drinks. The meal would be served later (an hour if the group was small, later than that for a larger group to allow for adequate mingling). In larger groups, children had their own table but ate the same food. The emphasis was always on the conversation rather than the food. Now in the US, I do casual meals only and end up always inviting parents with young children, so the meal is served as soon as we finish greeting guests and making them comfortable. Then we dawdle comfortably over the remains of the meal while the children play.[/quote]
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