Sounds of Silence

How moments of silence can impact your entire meal. Eating food isn’t just about the taste on your palate. Nor is it just the colors and smells, or even the people you are sitting with enjoying your meal. It’s also about you.
Growing up, I recall weekday dinners, which we always ate together as a family, 6 pm sharp. We sat at a table with the television blaring next to us. Sometimes, my father would mute the TV if he had something important to say. Otherwise, it was a cacophony of sounds from us trying to talk over the volume level of the nightly news.