Return to Workplace Makes Lunch Hour More Important, Gastronomy Director Says
As author of Lunch: The History of a Meal, Dr. Megan Elias is an authority on the midday meal. The Gastronomy program director and associate professor of the practice, who has previously noted that lunch was the meal most impacted by the pandemic, was quoted in a recent Boston Globe story regarding the challenges faced by many who grew accustomed to working, and dining, from home. As Elias sees it, lunch can play an important role in one’s sense of satisfaction in a day. “[H]ere is this moment when you can make yourself happy. It can be therapeutic in a very minor way,” she says.
Read the full story in the Boston Globe.