“Why is not totally known but food sharing is one of our oldest rituals for a reason.”
I wonder if it’s the actual bread breaking or that a time is set aside every evening for the family to be together?
Even if it is done in silence it does something to our brains to sit down with others and eat together. And we all do it.
All societies have the custom of coming together for a communal meal. Afterwards there may be talking or story telling or partaking in some other ritual but the meal seems to be the important part. We may work, sleep and pray alone but meals we eat together.
It seems to be as much part of what makes us human as cooking does.