From lighting candles to bringing out big platters of food, the rituals of family meals bring us closer together. For school counselor, mom, and food blogger Whitney Fisch, those rituals also revolve around Judaism. We spend a Friday afternoon with @jewhungry and her extended family as she prepares Shabbat dinner. While the pesto chicken, smashed potatoes, and five other dishes finish cooking, she delves into some of the negative food rituals that bolster diet culture, as well as the warm memories she wants to instill in her kids.

School counselor and mom Whitney Fisch blogs about Jewish food at Jewhungry. She shares Jewish recipes and family life on Instagram at @jewhungry and addresses diet culture and other issues that impact her students at @whitneyfischmsw.

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