{"product_id":"food-stories-conversation-card-deck","title":"Food Stories Conversation Card Deck","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn open invitation to connect around the table at your next dinner party or date night. Get the conversation started with a card deck of food-filled questions and hypotheticals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes 72 beautifully crafted food-themed question cards designed to be well-loved and well-used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSample Questions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat has food taught you about love?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCan you recall a particular food memory that strengthened your faith in humanity?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat does ‘comfort food’ mean to you?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you had to legally change your name to a food, what would it be and why?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA love note from the founder, Abby: The Food Stories dream began with an idea to gather people around something simple and sacred: a shared meal. I pictured a long, lived-in table scattered with imperfect ceramics made by friends. Wax-dripped candles. Bowls passed from hand to hand, family style. The type of night where the air is warm and gentle, ripe with love, fizzy with new connections, an abundance of food, drinks, and good questions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTucked between glasses and serving spoons, I imagined little food-themed conversation cards. Not about recipes, but about memory, meaning, emotion, home, and culture. The beginning of Food Stories was born.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis deck holds many things for me: it’s part invitation, part offering, and part personal reckoning. As a society, we're deeply hungry for connection, and at its heart, this deck is a commitment to aid the loneliness epidemic. In a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e world that lives hunched behind screens, we crave something to feed our spirits, yet we often drink from wells that don't feed us. I created Food Stories as a tool to help us slow down, soften, and truly listen to one another. The questions are playful, vulnerable, varied, and even a bit sexy, designed to help us meet one another beyond small talk. You’ll quickly find you’re never really just talking about food.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn addition to helping our loneliness crisis, here are a few more reasons why I've been deeply invested in bringing Food Stories into the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis deck is something I wish I had during the years I spent traveling to 19 countries between 2018 and now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMy most treasured memories live around kitchen tables, over bowls of soup, beside fires, or humming while something simmered on the stove. I’ve shared meals with strangers and friends in hostels and tents, on couches and floors all over the world. Waking up bed-headed and bleary-eyed to be offered a cup of coffee and something to eat restores my faith in humanity a little each time it happens. I believe that when we break bread with others, we heal the world a little.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur relationship to food is a living thing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor me, food has meant comfort, shame, celebration, stress, healing, and control. Some chapters I do not wish to return to. Others I hold close. I’ll never forget being 24, alone in Oaxaca, sitting in the sun with fresh figs, tamales mole, and nopales. The colors. The smells. The language of the market. That meal brought me home to myself after a long silence and reminded me that joyous eating can live in my body again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is an ode to those who serve and feed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo everyone who’s worked in kitchens or restaurants, who’s packed a lunchbox, stirred a pot, or learned to make a family recipe to preserve the depth of their lineage. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy dad owned a barbecue restaurant for 45 years. I grew up surrounded by the rhythm of food, bluegrass, and the scent of slow-cooked meat over applewood smoke. Summers meant riding in a noisy catering van painted with dancing pigs through the rolling green hills of Appalachia, hauling trays into weddings, reunions, funerals, polka parties, and football games. I learned to feed people with care. To be kind. To think creatively. To tend to little details. I carry that spirit into this project.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1748527647433_425\" class=\"fe-block fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1744304122666_3218\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1744304122666_3218\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-block-type=\"2\" data-blend-mode=\"NORMAL\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1748527647433_434\" class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd lastly, this is for you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou have stories to tell. We all do. And they matter more than we often let ourselves believe! Sometimes, a single story shared at a table can change everything: it can spark connection, soften grief, make someone feel less alone. Food Stories is a prompt, an invitation, a mirror. It's a reminder that what we carry and what we share has weight and beauty. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy dream for this deck is that it becomes part of your most treasured memories: a warm dinner gathering, a lingering lunch, a hot date, a travel adventure, or a quiet moment of self-reflection. Whether played solo or with others, I want these cards to be well-loved, stained with curry, oil, or wine. I want them to remind you of times you found connection and nourishment in a world that often leaves us hungry and isolated. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI can't wait to hear your Food Stories. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBig Love,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-dcd09f4565562303c749\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-dcd09f4565562303c749\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-block-type=\"2\" data-blend-mode=\"NORMAL\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Food Stories","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49303509369059,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/4982\/2911\/files\/FoodStories_FoodStoriesCards2.jpg?v=1783002553","url":"https:\/\/www.thepostsupply.com\/products\/food-stories-conversation-card-deck","provider":"The Post Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}