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How to navigate unfamiliar family food rituals in relationships

My new boyfriend's family has elaborate Sunday dinners and I never know the right way to help or compliment the food and I feel like I'm failing some test I don't understand.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Entering established family food cultures exposes our social anxieties about belonging and acceptance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Dietary traditions across cultures?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.