We've invited a group of five sisters, along with their mother, who grew up in a home where hosting was a central value
Hi, Roths!
Thanks so much for agreeing to participate!
Okay, so what I’m looking for is an honest approach to hosting and being hosted. I want to present the reality behind the picture-perfect version we get in the magazine, and even the picture we get when we show up at someone else’s meal as a guest on Shabbos, when everything looks “just so,” but it took so much effort to get there.
What is your general approach to hosting? Do you do it often? Do you have any ultimatums with yourself?
Every week as I’m about to start serving, I look around at my picture-perfect home and my stunning tablescape and I think, “It is bizarre that Family Table has not made me a columnist yet. I do not understand why we’re not hosting regular recipe shoots here.” So, that said, despite the very mysterious absence of my house in the tablescape roundup, I’m going to answer these questions.
Okay, I’ll start. I’m the older nerdy sister; we live in Israel, and basically, we host every week. We generally host people from the neighborhood who don’t really have their own meal/family, and/or yeshivah bochurim. We usually have 1–3 guests; more than that feels overly busy. I’ve learned that I need to keep things low-key — standard Shabbos fare, no trying to show off or impress people — to be able to do this.
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