By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER The holidays are over and most Americans probably sat down to a meal or two with loved ones, local and those who may have traveled. Unfortunately, a former Bristol resident notes in her latest book, in today’s society many are constantly on the go, both mentally and physically, and don’t have the time to sit down to dinner with friends and family on a regular basis. Or, if they do sit down to have a meal with each other, many are glued to cell phones or other electronic devices. While the bodies may be present together, the minds are wandering elsewhere in cyber space. When author Carol Archambeault was a young girl, she remembers the days of sharing meals with her 10 siblings and her parents right here in Bristol. In 2000, Archambeault lost her mother, which left her feeling “a little lost,” she said via email. “I started reconnecting with others over shared meals and those experiences made me rediscover how significant meal sharing has been in my life,” she said, adding the idea for her book “The Shared-Meal Revolution: How to Reclaim Balance and Connection in a Fragmented World Through Sharing Meals with [...]
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