Monty and commensality, will it blend?
September 21, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Monty and commensality, will it blend?
(we might call them tools for commensality, if we were being super-annoying, which we would never)
February 18, 2026 at 2:32 AM
(we might call them tools for commensality, if we were being super-annoying, which we would never)
commensality (shared eating) is a key aspect of forming social bonds. invite your friends over for dinner, and next time you get an invite, say yes
Americans were already struggling with feelings of disconnection before COVID, but since 2020 American loneliness has spiked dramatically.
There is no one size fits all solution to these problems, but there is one easy solution to try, and that's eating meals with friends and family.
There is no one size fits all solution to these problems, but there is one easy solution to try, and that's eating meals with friends and family.
June 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
commensality (shared eating) is a key aspect of forming social bonds. invite your friends over for dinner, and next time you get an invite, say yes
As a historian of subsistence and strategy, I can assure you the properly placed hot meal has values beyond reckoning. For the people as for the front lines. It sustains body and spirit and in commensality builds durable bonds among diners and --
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Tray comes out steaming. Bread, butter, something bright underneath — ordinary food, except nothing’s ordinary eating alone with sirens still going. A hot meal in wartime hands back a little control war took away.
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🥘🇺🇦Support the Hope Begins With A Meal campaign: donate.hfu.org/campaign/hop...
July 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
As a historian of subsistence and strategy, I can assure you the properly placed hot meal has values beyond reckoning. For the people as for the front lines. It sustains body and spirit and in commensality builds durable bonds among diners and --
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"Bitter commensality remains Mike Leigh’s favourite dish. Race and class are just small appetisers in this abundant banquet of family grievances"
In cinemas now for the second weekend:
Inhttps://dmovies.org/2024/09/26/hard-truths/
In cinemas now for the second weekend:
Inhttps://dmovies.org/2024/09/26/hard-truths/
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"Bitter commensality remains Mike Leigh’s favourite dish. Race and class are just small appetisers in this abundant banquet of family grievances"
In cinemas now for the second weekend:
Inhttps://dmovies.org/2024/09/26/hard-truths/
In cinemas now for the second weekend:
Inhttps://dmovies.org/2024/09/26/hard-truths/
The more I look at this picture the more terror grips my heart. If this is what eating socially does to you I’m eating alone in a closet from now on
There's something unique about eating together that's good for us
Commensality – the act of sharing meals – can reduce your risk of depression and dementia.
www.bbc.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:40 AM
The more I look at this picture the more terror grips my heart. If this is what eating socially does to you I’m eating alone in a closet from now on
Explore Commensality and join us in thinking about food beyond the plate. Discover the stories, the people, and the recipes:
nealhaddaway.com/Shop-1#recip...
#foodsupplychains #foodsystems #commensality #recipeswithcontext #sustainablefood #foodjustice #sharedmeals #TheSalmonAndTheTomato
nealhaddaway.com/Shop-1#recip...
#foodsupplychains #foodsystems #commensality #recipeswithcontext #sustainablefood #foodjustice #sharedmeals #TheSalmonAndTheTomato
February 19, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Explore Commensality and join us in thinking about food beyond the plate. Discover the stories, the people, and the recipes:
nealhaddaway.com/Shop-1#recip...
#foodsupplychains #foodsystems #commensality #recipeswithcontext #sustainablefood #foodjustice #sharedmeals #TheSalmonAndTheTomato
nealhaddaway.com/Shop-1#recip...
#foodsupplychains #foodsystems #commensality #recipeswithcontext #sustainablefood #foodjustice #sharedmeals #TheSalmonAndTheTomato
This is a beautiful reflection on taste, trauma, and inter-generational commensality. #foodhist
"Still I cleave to this particular manifestation of inherited trauma: the fear of turnips, because I want to maintain a visceral, material connection to the past."
Personal Pan Histories: Turnips
"For my family, boiled turnips became a reminder of my grandmother’s suffering."
contingentmagazine.org
April 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is a beautiful reflection on taste, trauma, and inter-generational commensality. #foodhist
I'm fully aware that the American origin story behind Thanksgiving celebrates colonialism and land theft.
I prefer to celebrate Thanksgiving as a harvest festival, a time of commensality that serves as a cohesive bond for family and friends.
I prefer to celebrate Thanksgiving as a harvest festival, a time of commensality that serves as a cohesive bond for family and friends.
November 28, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I'm fully aware that the American origin story behind Thanksgiving celebrates colonialism and land theft.
I prefer to celebrate Thanksgiving as a harvest festival, a time of commensality that serves as a cohesive bond for family and friends.
I prefer to celebrate Thanksgiving as a harvest festival, a time of commensality that serves as a cohesive bond for family and friends.
"Homeric feasting can be said to encapsulate values that are likely to have simultaneously created and confirmed a collective ideology: the values of companionship and commensality, equal sharing and individual esteem, reciprocity and the obligations of hospitality"
S. Sherratt
Herakles ΑΘΑΝΑΤΑΙ
S. Sherratt
Herakles ΑΘΑΝΑΤΑΙ
June 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"Homeric feasting can be said to encapsulate values that are likely to have simultaneously created and confirmed a collective ideology: the values of companionship and commensality, equal sharing and individual esteem, reciprocity and the obligations of hospitality"
S. Sherratt
Herakles ΑΘΑΝΑΤΑΙ
S. Sherratt
Herakles ΑΘΑΝΑΤΑΙ
Cooking and eating together connect us beyond hunger — to memory, identity, and home.
My latest piece explores how commensality becomes care and resistance for marginalised people: medium.com/the-new-clim...
My latest piece explores how commensality becomes care and resistance for marginalised people: medium.com/the-new-clim...
Commensality: Sharing More Than Food
Sharing food is part of many cultures, strengthening bonds of community. But for marginalised people, commensality goes deeper.
medium.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Cooking and eating together connect us beyond hunger — to memory, identity, and home.
My latest piece explores how commensality becomes care and resistance for marginalised people: medium.com/the-new-clim...
My latest piece explores how commensality becomes care and resistance for marginalised people: medium.com/the-new-clim...
Currently co-organising the next gasshuku, or retreat workshop, of our UTokyo research group for two days of discussion and commensality in early January beside Lake Yamanaka, traditional style rooms, a snow-covered Fujisan towering above. Really looking forward to this!
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Currently co-organising the next gasshuku, or retreat workshop, of our UTokyo research group for two days of discussion and commensality in early January beside Lake Yamanaka, traditional style rooms, a snow-covered Fujisan towering above. Really looking forward to this!
𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿! 𝗥𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗶, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@mariehasbi.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Delft University of Technology; BI Norwegian Business School
shorturl.at/HBJl5
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗶, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@mariehasbi.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Delft University of Technology; BI Norwegian Business School
shorturl.at/HBJl5
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿! 𝗥𝗵𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗶, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@mariehasbi.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Delft University of Technology; BI Norwegian Business School
shorturl.at/HBJl5
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠. 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗯𝗶, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
@mariehasbi.bsky.social
𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗷𝗸, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Delft University of Technology; BI Norwegian Business School
shorturl.at/HBJl5
Rejecting any Gnostic-style dualism that denigrates the physical world, this theology posits matter as a sacred medium. The historical practice of providing cultic meals (pāššuru) and libations establishes a commensality between the divine and the mortal.
July 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Rejecting any Gnostic-style dualism that denigrates the physical world, this theology posits matter as a sacred medium. The historical practice of providing cultic meals (pāššuru) and libations establishes a commensality between the divine and the mortal.
a most fortuitous and fraternal rhetorical commensality. truly an auspicious evening
October 10, 2023 at 2:30 AM
a most fortuitous and fraternal rhetorical commensality. truly an auspicious evening
Excited to see my chapter on commensality in holiday romantic movies in print!
February 19, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Excited to see my chapter on commensality in holiday romantic movies in print!
💭Have you heard of commensality? The simple act of sharing food, commensality is often observed in the world's longest-living communities, known as blue zones.
Join us for Stelios' book launch and lecture: buff.ly/3GgVKVp
#oxfordlifelonglearning #culinarypsychology #commensality
Join us for Stelios' book launch and lecture: buff.ly/3GgVKVp
#oxfordlifelonglearning #culinarypsychology #commensality
April 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
💭Have you heard of commensality? The simple act of sharing food, commensality is often observed in the world's longest-living communities, known as blue zones.
Join us for Stelios' book launch and lecture: buff.ly/3GgVKVp
#oxfordlifelonglearning #culinarypsychology #commensality
Join us for Stelios' book launch and lecture: buff.ly/3GgVKVp
#oxfordlifelonglearning #culinarypsychology #commensality
Delighted to have my photography research featured in the British Ecological Society Niche magazine!
We talk about photoelicitation, commensality and labour exploitation in Almería's intensive greenhouses.
With María López Rodríguez and @jlvicentevicente.bsky.social
#migration #foodsystems
We talk about photoelicitation, commensality and labour exploitation in Almería's intensive greenhouses.
With María López Rodríguez and @jlvicentevicente.bsky.social
#migration #foodsystems
September 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Delighted to have my photography research featured in the British Ecological Society Niche magazine!
We talk about photoelicitation, commensality and labour exploitation in Almería's intensive greenhouses.
With María López Rodríguez and @jlvicentevicente.bsky.social
#migration #foodsystems
We talk about photoelicitation, commensality and labour exploitation in Almería's intensive greenhouses.
With María López Rodríguez and @jlvicentevicente.bsky.social
#migration #foodsystems
One could view this as the departed wishing to engage in commensality with the living; all for the base price of tending to their death site and acknowledging they once lived.
January 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
One could view this as the departed wishing to engage in commensality with the living; all for the base price of tending to their death site and acknowledging they once lived.
Sorry I missed today's Autism Discourse. Got caught up reading about commensality in Uruk-era Mesopotamia, fell down a rabbit hole of SAS Commando diets and training schedules, then accidentally dropped a bunch of strawberries in a bowl of washing up liquid trying to chop a fruit salad
August 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Sorry I missed today's Autism Discourse. Got caught up reading about commensality in Uruk-era Mesopotamia, fell down a rabbit hole of SAS Commando diets and training schedules, then accidentally dropped a bunch of strawberries in a bowl of washing up liquid trying to chop a fruit salad
Former tenured media studies prof here 🤗
(Escaped academia. No regrets. Miss the library database access sometimes.)
This week's essay is what my brain was trained for: #Mukbang, #parasocial bonds, and digital commensality at the #Korean shared table.
Prof. Yoon mode: on.
(Escaped academia. No regrets. Miss the library database access sometimes.)
This week's essay is what my brain was trained for: #Mukbang, #parasocial bonds, and digital commensality at the #Korean shared table.
Prof. Yoon mode: on.
Eating Alone Together: How Korea Invented Mukbang
How a country of shared tables turned the screen into a digital dining companion.
yoonjiwon.substack.com
May 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Former tenured media studies prof here 🤗
(Escaped academia. No regrets. Miss the library database access sometimes.)
This week's essay is what my brain was trained for: #Mukbang, #parasocial bonds, and digital commensality at the #Korean shared table.
Prof. Yoon mode: on.
(Escaped academia. No regrets. Miss the library database access sometimes.)
This week's essay is what my brain was trained for: #Mukbang, #parasocial bonds, and digital commensality at the #Korean shared table.
Prof. Yoon mode: on.
"..eating naturally triggers the endorphin system, those feel-good chemicals behind our natural highs. This could strengthen the bond forged over a meal, leading us to feel a heightened sense of connection."
#food #foodsky #cooksky 🍜
#food #foodsky #cooksky 🍜
There's something unique about eating together that's good for us
Commensality – the act of sharing meals – can reduce your risk of depression and dementia.
www.bbc.com
September 7, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I’ll be presenting on a food studies panel about commensality as practiced by select Star Trek captains.
February 22, 2024 at 9:27 PM
I’ll be presenting on a food studies panel about commensality as practiced by select Star Trek captains.
Fascinating. My wife is studying "commensality" right now. I'm sure there's a connection with how events (even small ones) can shape community ties.
September 19, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Fascinating. My wife is studying "commensality" right now. I'm sure there's a connection with how events (even small ones) can shape community ties.