A few days back, the New York Times ran an article about those moms' night out dinner assembly places, like Dream Dinners and its siblings.

Wow. I'm going to need a few days to process this one. There's so much tied up in discussing the family dinner table that it's impossible to talk only about the meals that might be served there. The economy, gender politics, raising children, our educational system(s) and so much more come along for the ride. And what a wild ride it can be.

Yeah, this one's going to take me a bit. In the meantime, I'm getting back to work on that canning tutorial - shouldn't be more than a day or two now. No, really!