Family-meal meaning

The family meal is sanctified by the offering of a portion of the food to the household numina: the chief events in the individual life, birth, infancy, puberty, marriage, are all marked by religious ceremonial, in some cases of a distinctively primitive character.

The family meal is sanctified by the offering of a portion of the food to the household numina (spirits).

For a family meal or a romantic dinner, you may want to just match the wine with the entrée.

They also envisioned a home where they could all sit down together and eat a family meal.

Will she cook her own meals or will she be expected to help prepare the family meal?