Modern Families Sit Down to Eat Together Less Frequently Than Any Time in History
 
And according to Hazel Jackson, that's a problem. In her book, Lessons From the Dinner Table: My Journey in Food Service, Hazel explains how important the dinner table was when she was growing up, especially after her mother died when Hazel was young. When Hazel became a home economics teacher in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, she brought with her the conviction that she had to do everything she could to bring families together around the dinner table. Then her family opened King James Restaurant where they all had a chance to bring even more people together around food. Today, Hazel continues her food service ministry at her church, while she maintains and enjoys many relationships she developed as a school teacher and restaurant owner.
 
About Hazel Jackson
Hazel Jackson is a retired Pittsburgh Public School teacher who remains active in her senior years as a singer and model. She also draws on her lifelong love of seeing people fellowship during meals to train young adults in the food service ministry at St. James AME Church in the Lincoln-East Liberty area of Pittsburgh. At home, it was customary for Hazel and James, her late husband, to have extended family and friends at the dinner table—often uninvited but always welcome.