Table for 51

Lessons Learned From Sharing Meals Across America

Shari Leid

• Publisher: Capucia Publishing
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9798992050202
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Personal Success

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A Journey of Resilience, Reinvention, and Belonging—One Meal, One Story, One Connection at a Time.

Author Shari Leid—abandoned in a cardboard box with no identifying information in Seoul, South Korea, and adopted by Japanese American parents—embarks on a remarkable journey across the U.S. to challenge her father’s fears of being unwelcome because of their Asian faces.

In Table for 51, Shari meets strangers and reconnects with people from her own past, sharing a meal in every state. From bustling city cafés to peaceful countryside tables, each encounter reveals the power of human connection.

Through these fifty heartfelt conversations, Shari discovers the magic of belonging and the courage to embrace change, ultimately ending her turbulent twenty-six-year marriage.

Table of contents

• Praise for Table for 51
• Table 1 Coffee at Sawmill MarketAlbuquerque, New Mexico
• Table 2 Poolside Drinks and Bites at Prince Waikiki Hotel Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
• Table 3 Lunch at Anna’s HomeParadise Valley, Arizona
• Table 4 Lunch at Le ZooBal Harbour, Florida
• Table 5 Lunch at Mon Ami Gabi Las Vegas, Nevada
• Table 6 Lunch at La Terraza Grill & Bar San José, California
• Table 7 Brunch at Prasino St. Charles, Missouri
• Table 8 Happy Hour at Kalimotxo Austin, Texas
• Table 9 Newberg, Oregon Coffee and Tea at Chapters Books and Coffee
• Table 10 Dinner at Heritage Restaurant|Bar Woodinville, Washington
• Table 11 Lunch at Ella’s on 2nd Nashville, Tennessee
• Table 12 Breakfast at First Watch Johns Creek, Georgia
• Table 13 Huntsville, Alabama Dinner at Purveyor
• Table 14 Dinner at Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse Louisville, Kentucky
• Table 15 Coffee at Hitherto Coffee and Gaming Parlour Greenfield, Indiana
• Table 16 Dinner at Dons Bogam Wine Bar & BBQ New York City
• Table 17 Dinner at Halls Chophouse Greenville, South Carolina
• Table 18 Dinner at The Laughing Owl Goldsboro, North Carolina
• Table 19 Dinner at The Amber Ox Public House Williamsburg, Virginia
• Table 20 Dinner at Ember & Ice, the Omni Viking Lakes Hotel Eagan, Minnesota
• Table 21 Wine at Broadway Grill & Tavern Bismarck, North Dakota
• Table 22 Dinner at Toni’s Home Rapid City, South Dakota
• Table 23 Coffee at Heartbreak Coffee Roasters Oxford, Mississippi
• Table 24 Brunch at Barrett’s on the Pike Bel Air, Maryland
• Table 25 Dinner at The Clubhouse Millsboro, Delaware
• Table 26 Wine and Cheese at Vintner’s Table Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
• Table 27 Dinner at Hacienda Paterson, New Jersey
• Table 28 Sandwich Take-Out from Alpen Pantry Old Greenwich, Connecticut
• Table 29 Lunch at The Copper Onion Salt Lake City, Utah
• Table 30 Brunch at Astoria Cafe & Market Cleveland, Ohio
• Table 31 Dinner at Seoul Garden Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Table 32 Dinner at Smokey’s on the Gorge Lansing, West Virginia
• Table 33 Brunch at Turkey Red Palmer, Alaska
• Table 34 Dinner at True Food Kitchen, Cherry Creek North Denver, Colorado
• Table 35 Dinner at FireRock Steakhouse Casper, Wyoming
• Table 36 Lunch at Café Bossa Nova Little Rock, Arkansas
• Table 37 Dinner at Rhonda’s Home Great Falls, Montana
• Table 38 Drinks at One World Café and Dinner at Lodgepole Moscow, Idaho
• Table 39 Lunch at Apple Villa Pancake House South Barrington, Illinois
• Table 40 Dinner at Eno Vino Downtown Wine Bar and Bistro Madison, Wisconsin
• Table 41 Dinner at Duck City Bistro Davenport, Iowa
• Table 42 Lunch at Cameron’s Home Cushing, Maine
• Table 43 Coffee at Wayfarer Coffee Roasters Laconia, New Hampshire
• Table 44 Dinner at Kuya’s at One Main Randolph, Vermont
• Table 45 Brunch at Flamingo A-Go-Go New Orleans, Louisiana
• Table 46 Lunch at Cheers on Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts
• Table 47 Dinner at Brick Alley Pub & Restaurant Newport, Rhode Island
• Table 48 Lunch at Jude’s Health & Java House Bartlesville, Oklahoma
• Table 49 Dinner at Piatto Neapolitan Pizzeria Wichita, Kansas
• Table 50 Coffee and Iced Tea at The Mill on Leavenworth Omaha, Nebraska
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