Thirty to 40 percent of American families do not eat together most nights of the week. Too-full schedules are causing them to grab dinner separately and on the run. But, as Peggy Touchstone Sholly will tell your audience, everyone loses when this happens. Moms and dads miss the chance to bond with their kids who are more likely to be obese, get poorer grades and even experiment with drugs and alcohol.

What’s a busy family to do? Peggy will explain that bringing everybody back to the dinner table isn’t as difficult as you might think. With her creative ideas for family meals, every family will be able to spend more time together — even those who lack a great cook in the house.

Peggy will explain:

• How to make restaurant-quality meals at home for a lot less money and in no time at all.

• Ways busy moms and dads can get their kids to help make meals.

• How to make meals so much fun everyone will ask to eat home—like picnicking in the living room, having china Sundays, and “I like you because” meals.

CREDENTIALS: Peggy Touchstone Sholly has been a successful business woman and mother, newspaper guest columnist, vocalist and speaker. Her latest venture, DOWN HOME DELICIOUS, features recipes that celebrate her Italian-American heritage, Louisiana roots, and her love for the Gulf and Rio Grande border country.

AVAILABILITY: TX, nationwide by arrangement and via telephone; available last minute
CONTACT: Peggy Sholly, (281) 996-9120 or (281) 840-3112 cell; psholly@sbcglobal.net; www.downhomedelicious.com