Food is a Love Language

About this episode

The episode discusses food as a love language and the importance of hospitality in family life.

Food is a love language, and if it's your love language, this episode is for you. Ruth Gyllenhammer, writer and content director for Coffee + Crumbs, joins Ashlee and Katie to talk about getting out of your comfort zone, the gift of being fully present, and what it looks like to feed our families. Whether you're away from home, or looking to start new rhythms around your family table, we hope this episode encourages you to practice hospitality right where you are. This show is brought to you ad-free by our generous Substack community. If you'd like to support the work we do for as little as $3/month, head to coffeeandcrumbs.substack.com to join us (and get bonus episodes!). For show notes, go to coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast . Ruth talks about her travels to Shanghai; listen to this bonus episode to hear how we do Traveling with Friends . For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs . Show notes: Pre-order You're In Good Company Ruth on Substack Ruth on Instagram The Artist Date of the Era by Ruth Gyllenhammer Ashlee's Instagram post about the Taylor Swift concert in Germany The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon Coffee + Crumbs…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ashlee Gadd, Katie Blackburn

Guest: Ruth Gyllenhammer

Topics covered

• food
• hospitality
• family
• comfort zone
• presence
• motherhood

Keywords

• food
• love language
• hospitality
• family table
• comfort zone
• presence
• motherhood

Sponsors

Substack

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coffee + Crumbs, Substack

Books & works: You're In Good Company, The Artist Date of the Era, The Supper of the Lamb

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