{"id":3917,"date":"2023-01-18T19:27:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/?p=3917"},"modified":"2023-01-24T21:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T21:17:18","slug":"food-club-january-17-22-coming-to-the-table-the-great-equalizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/?p=3917","title":{"rendered":"Food Club: January 17-22 \u201cComing to the Table: The Great Equalizer\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DFD24787-3D00-4CD3-A3E8-AE9242E219CA.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DFD24787-3D00-4CD3-A3E8-AE9242E219CA.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DFD24787-3D00-4CD3-A3E8-AE9242E219CA.webp 900w, https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DFD24787-3D00-4CD3-A3E8-AE9242E219CA-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DFD24787-3D00-4CD3-A3E8-AE9242E219CA-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DFD24787-3D00-4CD3-A3E8-AE9242E219CA-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DFD24787-3D00-4CD3-A3E8-AE9242E219CA-60x60.webp 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Coming to the Table: The Great Equalizer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eating together helps build understanding and strengthens the bonds between people. After all, eating at a table means both eating and talking. It can foster an exchange of ideas, break down prejudices and connect us on a most basic human level. When people are seated at the table, as they are passing the proverbial salt and breaking bread, they are forced to look at each other and converse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week we are featuring a simple menu, showcasing some of Biden\u2019s long-time favorite dishes, Italian, of course. These are dishes well known and loved by most Americans. How appropriate to serve these crowd-pleasers to entice people to the table. That, after all, is what we have attempted to do with our Food Club during the COVID shutdown \u2013 to recreate the experience of eating together. Restaurants are more than just places to fill our stomachs. They are havens to remind us that we are part of a larger global family \u2013 a hospitable place where all are welcomed and nurtured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iricchifoodclub.com\/blogs\/news\/week-148-menu-january-17-22-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE MENU<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming to the Table: The Great Equalizer Eating together helps build understanding and strengthens the bonds between people. After all, eating at a table means &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-specials","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3920,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917\/revisions\/3920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}