Fete Lifestyle Magazine November 2024 - Food Issue | Page 26

Breaking Bread Building Bonds

Creating Community Through Food

BY LAURETTE RONDENET

uilding community around

the table is a core value of

mine. One we’ve adopted

at my company and with my family. As important as family dinner in the dining room has been to me as a mother; I am a mother of 5 boys (with 3 bonus children across the pond) who also runs one of the few independently owned flavor companies in the world. As you can imagine, time isn’t always kind. So eating out with my family often takes the place of eating in—but that doesn’t make it any less special. We find joy in trying different foods we’ve never had, taking samples from each other's plates and ordering so many appetizers which leads us to not being hungry for the main course (happens every time).

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