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Evolution of Social Ties around New Food Practices


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well-being, but it is also necessary that some form of well-being (e.g. good understanding between guests) precedes – or is associated with – eating together.

      The objective of this chapter was to better understand the conditions that influence the implementation of eating together, in order to reinforce the recommendations made in the PNNS. In particular, it allows us to distinguish the different practices of eating together (festive vs. daily, systematic vs. flexible). Moreover, this work shows that meanings play a major role in the emergence of eating together practices. In order to contribute to the maintenance or acquisition of a positive meaning for consumers, encouraging them to maintain this practice even when the material conditions are not necessarily present, it is essential to address all consumers, taking into account the various practices that exist: eating together to meet, eating together to exchange ideas about cooking and eating together in the face of different constraints or in different contexts. The practice-based approach allows for a good understanding of eating together according to the context, making it possible for several forms of eating together to be adopted by a given individual, as shown in the study presented.

      Other initiatives could also address the issue of screens, which are currently one of the major competitors of shared consumption times. In order to eat together, we must not be parasitized by screens, which capture attention to the detriment of the attention paid to the guests. The PNNS website recommends: “no screens at the table”. To accompany this, phones could now be equipped with a “meal” mode like the “airplane” mode, which would allow for selecting the notifications to be filtered (e.g. we can keep the possibility of being called in case of emergency and receiving notifications on the news, but cut the notifications of social networks). This would also have a strong incentive dimension, legitimizing the fact that meal times should not be interfered with.



Respondent’s code name Gender Structure of the home Age
Marion F Lives with a partner 33
Esther F Lives alone 67
Paola F Lives with a partner 29
Valérie F Lives with husband and two children 48
Noémie F Mother 26
Bérengère F Lives alone 29
Arnold M Lives with wife and daughter 46
Maurice M Lives alone 69
Roxane F Lives with husband and son 33
Camille F Shares with a friend 21
Amélie F Shared custody of daughter 42
Coline F Mother 48
Myriam F Lives with husband and son 42
Sylvie F Lives alone 30
Justin M Shares with two friends 24
Sabrina F Lives alone 23
Vincent M Lives alone, although sometimes with his son 52