Whining while Dining
 
Not a chance. Because I am in our  family's favorite hang-out ---  the dining room. It is a place where we bond, share ideas, argue even, or perhaps, discuss  while having  family meetings, and  of course, do our favorite thing --- eat. But dining is more than just the food. It is  more like   savoring the comfort of  finding everything in its proper place.  The dinner ware, the cutlery,  all that glass, and stem ware. The whole gamut of  items that make dining a living pleasure. Talk about the oven that toasts the morning bread, and the popcorn popper enough to make midnight snacks truly comforting; or the ice cream maker for those very simply delightful sherbets;  the coffee maker that has brewed dozens of fragrant coffee concoctions. And what about  the   pots and pans that help create those  special cooking moments? The grill? Yes, and at times   sinful  as well as unhealthy.  Prefer something more nutritious? Try the  convection oven. Want to make the food easier to digest, th...