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Choosing the Right Caterer for the Funeral of Someone You Love: A Guide for Families

Funeral planning can be difficult. Consider what will work for your family and how you would like to honour the person you loved. Find a caterer who takes the time to listen to your wishes and works with you to plan this special event.

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Just the usual...

We're all doing the usual, daily work-life juggle. But sometimes the usual is a total pain in the... place where you don't want a total pain.

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Table set for a banquet with fresh salads, florals in vases & a pepper shaker

Inviting vulnerable women to the table...

In a manner of speaking, that's what our catering clients are doing. Since the relaunch of our gifted meal partnership with St Lucy's, family support worker Justine has found more families needing meals than we are currently able to gift. So, we asked our catering clients if they would help.And they have.A number of individuals and businesses have purchased a meal for a family living with disability, which we have gifted this month. We're incredibly grateful for their support. Gifting meals is just one way we can highlight the situations of women living with disability: those who have a disability themselves and those who care for someone with a disability. This #internationalwomensday we want to give voice to these vulnerable women, often overlooked in discussion about women's...

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Mood food: The link between eating well and mental health

Have you ever noticed that lots of people in your local McHamburger joint look miserable? Turns out, those frequently partaking in McHamburgers might actually be miserable. World-leading Australian research suggests that our diets may have a significant impact on risk for major depressive illness. On the positive side though, eating well may protect not only the health of your body, but the health of your brain. Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the world, with approximately 5% of the global population affected (1). It is a leading cause of disability and a major contributor to the burden of disease globally. Despite an increased understanding of both symptoms and effective treatments, rates of depression continue to rise (2). This has lead to questions regarding what else might contribute to...

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We've Got News...

We've Got News...

Time to build... Deciding to renovate or move is not something to be taken lightly. Doing both might cause one to permanently don their pyjamas and rock in the corner. Well, dust off those onesies, because that's exactly what we're doing.Over the past few years Dinner on the Table has expanded in very exciting ways. To cope with our growth, we have operated from multiple sites. We have packed and repacked, bought more shelving and repacked again. We have tried clinging from the light fittings. We have faced the truth:We no longer fit into our current kitchen.And so our big news is: we're moving! And renovating! In the coming months we will be moving into a new warehouse with a brand new kitchen...

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Homeschooling is a bit like childbirth...

I realised this with some distress the other day. You get through it once, your memory fades, your glasses get rosy, and your recollection suggests that it wasn't so bad. In fact, it was pretty good. Fulfilling. Triumphal.And then someone suggests, seeing as you enjoyed it so much the first time, you  should do it again. And just like those really big, somewhat forgotten contractions, the ones when you realise, 'Up until this point we have just been practicing, now we are going to produce a baby-in-the-world,' you start to remember what it was really like. And you start to realise that perhaps it wasn't as good as you recall. Here's how homeschool day one went for us: 9am - By some miracle all...

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Freedom day and other furphies

Freedom day and other furphies

I'll make you a promise. After this email I shall refrain from mentioning the words "freedom day" any more. In Sydney, we're 48 hours in, and already I'm irritated and fed up with the notion. Mostly because it is a notion that affects different sectors in society in vastly different ways.Hands up those homeschooling their junior recipe testers? And leave your hands up if your life looks vastly different this week to last week? Anyone??Unlike last week, on freedom Monday, the junior recipe testers presented the senior recipe tester and I with a large list. The list contained a vast array of items, including some of which I had never heard, they required for science day this week.We will need to procure these...

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The problem with rules

The problem with rules

Students have had a rough year. And so we think they need a survival pack: to assist study and power them up. Melbourne & Sydney meal delivery.

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The very best of things

Photography by alexandermayesphotography  This is not my story. This is a story that one of our lovely, long time customers shared with me the other day. Last Saturday, they ordered a cheese & antipasto box, along with a bunch of dinners, which we delivered to them. There was no particular occasion. They just decided to have a special night in.And so, this family dressed in their finery, listened to music, chatted, ate a delicious meal and enjoyed being together. It lifted their spirits, as they celebrated the near-end of the school term, and the joys that can be found in hanging out with the same group of people day after day.We know that occasions are not made by the food you...

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Two eyebrows, health and hope. Happy New Year!

Two eyebrows, health and hope. Happy New Year!

COVID19 taught us many things. But there are hidden horrors of lockdown of which we rarely speak.

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