A couple of food related links.

First of all, a short essay on the benefits of cooking for your family (or for yourself).  I'd add to the benefits enumerated by the authors here the benefit of time together.  In a culture that increasingly separates family members into separate activities almost every night of the week, eating together is a touch-point relationally.  A time to ask questions and hear answers, to demonstrate love and care and concern and respect.  In my growing obsession over the age-old but currently all-but-forgotten idea of ministering to your family, I'd be hard pressed to suggest anything more important initially than in establishing predictable, reliable times to gather as a family, and mealtimes seem to be the perfect opportunity.

And just as a reminder that how we do things isn't necessarily the only way to do them, a list of some things that are fine here in the US, but which are not allowed in Europe.  Food for thought, so to speak.