What does your ideal mealtime look like? Is it quiet and contemplative or is it animated and boisterous?

Is your table surrounded with family and friends telling stories of the day, updating each other and telling jokes in lively conversation with lots of laughs and celebration?

Or is it just you and one or two other close and dear ones speaking with soft voices by candlelight, and maybe some low volume music for atmosphere?

A dining room can be these and more, depending on whom we eat with and when. However we come together, the purpose is the same — to enjoy food and company.