Ispend most of my days and lots of my nights in the kitchen. This is not my Cinderella plea. I’m a food writer so it’s my office, my workshop, my happy place. I’ve created, written, tested and tweaked thousands of recipes in my career, and written millions of words on the pleasures of the table. I’ve styled photoshoots with thousands of pounds worth of plates, cutlery and beautiful linen. And yet last night, I ate dinner on a tray in front of the television, side by side with my husband, and I couldn’t have been happier.

It seems I’m not alone. A recent survey by Argentine wine producer, Treventino, found that two-thirds of British adults prefer television and phones to conversation at dinner and almost half of us eat dinner in front of the television. Only a quarter said they s

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