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Allison Lichter
Aug 16, 2012 10:00 am ET Jenny Rosenstrach is a champion of the family meal and a realist about the time constraints on working parents. Her website (also a book) “Dinner – A Love Story” provides recipes, rituals and general encouragement for parents who struggle to get dinner on the table, night after night. She writes:

Your kids refuse to eat anything, your fridge is full but your brain is blank, you don’t know how to cook, you have no desire to cook, you have a big project due tomorrow, you have no help with the cooking or the planning, you can’t even get everyone seated at the table at the same time, let alone eating the same meal. These are all legit, of course, but if you’re here reading this, it probably means that somewhere in the back of your mind you feel a little bad about your dinner situation.

The Juggle was curious about how Rosenstrach was gearing up for the school year, and what strategies she uses to get even the pickiest of eaters to enjoy a family meal.

Edited excerpts from our conversation are after the jump.
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