¿Es invitar a comer un acto político?

¿Qué pasa cuando la gente empieza cada vez más a comer sola? ¿Importa comer en familia? En este capítulo hablamos del arte de ser anfitrión/a, el acto de comer juntos, y los tours de comida, entre otros. Artículos periodísticos y blogsAmanda Litman. "Our Year of Saturday Dinners." Substack, December 19, 2025. https://amandalitman.substack.com/p/our-year-of-saturday-dinners. "Everyone's lonely but no one can hang out". https://amandalitman.substack.com/p/how-our-weekly-dinners-are-going The Guardian, "Happy meals: is eating together the secret to happiness?" (2025). https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/27/happy-meals-is-eating-together-the-secret-to-happinessVeronique Greenwood, BBC Future, "Why Humans Feel the Need to Feast Together" (2024). https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241126-why-humans-feel-the-need-to-feast-togetherJacob Sweet, Harvard Gazette, "Is Dining With Others a Sign of Happiness?" (2025). https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/is-dining-with-others-a-sign-of-happiness-world-happiness-report/Olivia McCrea-Hedley, Service95, "The Unapologetic Joy of Being a Feeder". https://www.service95.com/food-love-language-the-joy-of-being-a-feederEthic, "Crítica (y elogio) a las visitas" (2024). https://ethic.es/2024/06/critica-y-elogio-a-las-visitas/The Chopping Block, "The Unifying Power of Food: How Sharing a Meal Brings Us Together". https://www.thechoppingblock.com/blog/the-unifying-power-of-food-how-sharing-a-meal-brings-us-togetherEstudios académicosDe Neve, Dugan, Kaats & Prati, World Happiness Report 2025, cap. 3: "Sharing Meals With Others". https://www.worldhappiness.report/ed/2025/sharing-meals-with-others-how-sharing-meals-supports-happiness-and-social-connections/Jackson, Olive & Smith, "Myths of the Family Meal: Re-reading Edwardian Life Histories", en Changing Families, Changing Food (2009). https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230244795_8Arciniegas & Fischler, "Understanding Commercial Hosting in Food Experiences" (2025). https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2025.2562406Absolom & Roberts, "Connecting With Others: The Meaning of Social Eating as an Everyday Occupation for Young People" (2011). https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2011.586324Coelho Costa, "Comensalidad: La dádiva de la hospitalidad a través de la gastronomía" (2014). http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1851-17322014000300005Peter Gow, "The Perverse Child: Desire in a Native Amazonian Subsistence Economy" (1989). https://doi.org/10.2307/2804288LibrosPriya Basil, Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community and the Meaning of Generosity (2019).