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The methodological challenge of our work is not so much in observation, or in revealing the existence and arrangement of practices, but rather in understanding their origin or their construction. Moreover, applying practice theories does represent a methodological challenge, as it can be tricky to accurately describe how an action is socially constructed (Hargreaves 2011). Our work is therefore exploratory and comprehensive in nature, which justifies the choice of a qualitative approach. The research methodology is composed of two stages, which serve to describe and understand the implementation of the “eating together” recommendation by consumers, in order to identify the skills, material and meanings on which it is based.