“Sunday dinner” means different things to different families. To my family, during the winter, it  generally means ordering in from our favorite Italian restaurant. During the summer, it means watching my husband cook our dinner on the bar-b-que. Given all of our busy schedules, it is one of the only days during the week that we sit down and eat dinner together.

As a child, Sunday dinner always meant going with my immediate family to our favorite Chinese restaurant (Ho King) or Italian restaurant (Gianni’s). To my  friend  who lived down around the block, Sunday dinner meant a huge dinner with her extended family which began at 3:00 with a plate of macaroni and gravy made by her grandma. Sunday dinner then continued and did not end until much later in the evening. Every so often, I would be lucky enough to get an invitation to Sunday dinner at her house. The Italian food I had at those dinners is still some of the best I have ever eaten.

As I write this, I'm thinking about what I will be ordering from the Italian restaurant tonight. What does Sunday dinner mean to you?