Unfortunately, you're still forced to have a small dose of human interaction, as the eatery hasn't quite figured out how to fire replace those chaps bringing the meals to your table just yet.

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Gwen Eisenmann, 91, a retired poet, leads poetry discussions and also likes to set the table before meals.

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What's more, researchers speculate that families who eat together often are more likely to talk about nutrition at the dinner table than families who select individual meals from the kitchen, then go their separate ways.

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Otherwise, meals are served at the long communal dining room table.

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What all those amazing meals had in common were the topics of conversation around the table.

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He envisions both families will share meals at a table with benches they plan to place in the center.

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The study found 656 families said they always ate meals together at a table, 768 sometimes did, while 92 families never did so.

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