Your senior friends words of wisdom of filling the house with fragrant smells of food is reminder to me just how fortunate I was to have had home where homemade after school snacks were present everyday and holidays where kitchen counters were covered with ones favorite foods and birthday foods were no exception, these reminders left one teary eyed just to realize how blessed one was. Moms and dads meals were always the best and dining together always made for a better environment, even when guests joined in. I ditto this seniors recommendations. Food brings us together.