A Table In Time

by Amy Quinn

Overview

Where Oh Where Has Conversation Gone?

Are you feeling disconnected with few meaningful relationships?
Tired of stale events and shallow conversation?
Searching for community in your daily life?
Scared of hosting in your home?

A Table In Time is for those who like to serve food for the mind and soul, not just the body. It's for those who want to nurture community and authentic connection, bridge differences and offer the chance "to be heard" within our disparate society...over conversation and a meal.

This eBook shows hosts how to facilitate deeper human connection through conversation. It provides tips on creating joy in our interactions, dissimilar from today's blitz-like communication of quick texts and verbose emails. A Table In Time lets us connect to others with our best selves, truly hear different perspectives, experience delight around the table, and respect each guest's opportunity to speak and be heard. Hearing each other's stories expands understanding of our humanness and the big world that exists within each person.

This guide provides tips on how to:
• Create the right environment for conversation
• Make guests feel safe
• Select the right topic and get to the guts of it
• Unfold the conversation in a natural, uncontrived style
• Allow the topic to lead the discussion

It also shows readers how to express their unique hospitality style without feeling stressed. You can be that host...exuding calm and able to guide and enjoy your own gathering.

A Table In Time includes strategies for:
• Meal planning
• Table preparation
• Hosting logistics
• Personalized touches

By gathering around the table we expand good into the world. As a meal draws people together, it also provides an opportunity to build new relationships and form understanding as the foundation of a healthier society.

Every person has the capacity to enable conversation and host a memorable gathering over a meal. This guide makes it foolproof.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157845650
Publisher:	Amy Quinn
Publication date:	12/03/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

One of my favorite questions to start a conversation is “Where were you born?” This leads to additional questions about someone’s birth order in the family, stories associated with their birth, how they feel about birthdays and favorite memories or traditions for celebrating the day. One time a friend shared that he didn’t know the actual date of his birthday until turning eight years old. Wow! Most people enjoy sharing their stories and I, in turn, revel in hearing them.
For as long as I can remember I’ve dreamt of meeting people in far away places. Outside of travel, entertaining and getting to know friends and acquaintances “in my own back yard” has been a constant joy, too. The world is full of thoughtful individuals: “Every person represents a world in us” is my favorite maxim.
Despite our world’s tumultuous wars and violence, I believe in our goodness and the possibility for deep human connection, regardless of circumstances and differences. A Table In Time lets me experience the best of our human spirit. While life is anchored in Denver, Colorado right now my sweet husband of twenty-six years often hosts with me. We have two fast-growing, almost adult children who enjoy dining on our patio whenever there’s a chance. The Colorado weather often obliges. Our dogs lie close by, sensing that life is good or maybe their just coveting the leftovers!
Thank you for your interest in A Table In Time. Please don’t hesitate to contact me for any reason. Bonne Conversation! Bon Appetit!