Dining At Home

Why is it easier to eat at your parents' house?

My friend in New Jersey, who visits home from a few towns away pretty often, told me once when I was over there, at his old childhood house, that he eats the best breakfasts when he’s home. At my apartment? Maybe a grab and go thing like yogurt. Maybe nothing? At home? Cereal, bacon, breakfast sandwiches, oatmeal.

I find I do the same thing—though when w…