Given the busy lifestyles, parents have fewer opportunities to be with their children at meal time.
While I agree with the dogs behaviour at meal time, this does not go to their negotiating ability.
The Tampa Bay Rays dominated meal time conversations for all the wrong reasons.
It is best done at meal time in the evening at a well-lighted table in a quiet corner, or under a tree in the morning.
People are becoming less healthy because after working 40 hours a week and commuting another 30 hours per week, something has got to give and often times it is meal time.
After working late for a few years in a row and trying every takeout place that would deliver to my apartment, I decided that cooking was probably the most legal, moral, and pragmatic way to spice up meal-time.
Many were working long hours in factories and to sustain them a noon-time meal was essential.
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The government believed that safeguarding this comfort meal during a time of distress was key to keeping morale up.
They could earn their meal by contributing their time fulfilling front-of-the-house tasks like wiping tables, clearing dishes, and sweeping floors.
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And if there is a franchise operation in your area that has seen the light and is doing right by its employees, drop by there for a meal from time to time just to let them know you appreciate their effort to do the right thing for your friends and neighbors.
Contrary to popular belief, you can have a drink, a good meal and even a good time in the Mormon capital of the world.
Eventually a harried housewife or a busy executive will be able to order a ready-to-eat or ready-to-cook gourmet meal for delivery by dinner time (see box).
If you do not have time for a meal, step in for a martini or Manhattan at the long bar and watch the parade of high society drop in for dinner.
And also take the time to genuinely thank your interviewers for their time and the meal, both as they are paying the check and as you leave the restaurant.
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Unless your eating plan is the focus of the meal, this is not the time or place to discuss those habits.
It turns out there's only 10 minutes of productive time in any family meal, according to linguistics expert Lyn Fogle.
Movies aside, with their images of leisurely cafe and restaurant meals, the survey found that average time spent on a meal in France has dropped from 80 minutes in 1975 to 30 minutes today.
He initiated the proposal because his fifth-grade daughter is in the 6-to-11 age group that has seen obesity rates quadruple over the past 30 years, the same time that the Happy Meal has been on the market.
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His chief criticism of Chicken McNuggets is that they are insufficiently delicious. (Has he tried them with the hot-mustard sauce?) He is both a gourmand and an idealist, which means that he tastes the entire food economy each time he has a meal.
And you might not have time to prepare a healthy meal for your children.
As people have less time to eat a proper meal, packaged foods and quick service restaurants will play to that trend.
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Once the profit motive works its magic, individuals who presently wake up wondering where their next meal will come from will have more time to think about improving the scenery and air around us.
But these days, even when parents do have the time and the resources to buy healthy foods and make a simple meal at home, the reality is that kids are spending a third of their time at school, right?
The last time I remember eating a square meal was on Wednesday, when I wolfed down some veal with one hand while transcribing a George Soros speech with the other.
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There are some people who like to eat reasonable food three times daily, while others would prefer to save their money and eat mediocre food most of the time but occasionally have an amazing meal.
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Now he weighs 170 and for the first time in years can eat a full meal at a restaurant.
More interesting, it would also be the first time Myhrvold himself sat through a proper meal of his own creations.
Wadongo works on the lantern project full time without pay and eats only one meal a day to help save money and build more lanterns.
Every day of the week had its own meal, prepared exactly the same way at the same time.
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