When our ancestors were peasants in the earliest days of agriculture, the daily schedule was: work in field all day, eat midday meal in field, continue working in field.
Today, after centuries of human advancement, it goes something like: work in coffee shop all day, buy and eat lunch there, continue toiling away on laptop until the sun sets.
Though it may seem like the tech boom and gig economy ushered in this modern mobile work style, working and dining have always been intertwined.
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