Description: You are invited to a feast for the senses and the
spirit Thirty-four adventurous writers open their kitchens, their
recipe files, and their hearts to illustrate the many unexpected
ways that food draws us closer to God, to community, and to
creation. All bring a keen eye and palette to the larger questions
of the role of food--both its presence and its absence--in the life
of our bodies and spirits. Their essays take us to a Canadian wheat
farm, a backyard tomato garden in Cincinnati, an organic farm in
Maine; into a kosher kitchen, a line of Hurricane Katrina survivors
as they wait to be fed, a church basement for a thirty-hour fast;
inside the translucent layers of an onion that transport us to a
meditation on heaven, to a church potluck, and to many other places
and ways we can experience sacramental eating. In a time of great
interest and equal confusion over the place of food in our lives,
this rich collection, which includes personal recipes, will delight
the senses, feed the spirit, enlarge our understanding, and deepen
our ability to ""eat and drink to the glory of God."" Featuring the
writings of Robert Farrar Capon, Wendell Berry, Lauren Winner, Luci
Shaw, Andre Dubus, Jeanne Murray Walker, Brian Volck, and many
others, INCLUDING ORIGINAL RECIPIES Endorsements: ""I'm trying to
resist the temptation to pun--describing this as a rich feast of
essays, or essays one will relish with delight, or essays that one
should savor, and so forth--but I can't. This collection is a meal
for the mind."" --Mark Galli Senior Managing Editor Christianity
Today ""This is a gift to the Body of Christ--delicious prose and
glistening dishes to assist the necessary recovery of our whole
persons. As Saint John Chrysostom proclaims: 'The table is
rich-laden; feast royally, all of you The calf is fatted; let no
one go forth hungry Let all partake of the feast of faith. Let all
receive the riches of goodness.' Taste and see, indeed."" --Scott
Cairns author of The Compass of Affection ""From the sheen on the
belly of a fresh-caught salmon to the reassuring heft of homemade
bread straight from the oven, this new collection by thirty-four
outstanding writers opens by celebrating the sheer joy of eating,
then ushers us into the realm of holy sacrament. The Spirit of
Food, edited by Leslie Leyland Fields, is not only rich in wisdom
gained the hard way--through the gathering, growing, and preparing
of what winds up on our multifarious tables--but shines with
luminous gratitude at the abundant graciousness of God."" --Paula
Huston author of Forgiveness: Following Jesus into Radical Loving
""Leslie Leyland Fields has done those of us interested in The
Spirit of Food a great service by collecting thirty-four wonderful
essays and recipes. Her careful choices remind us of the many ways
God can be present in the human experience of eating. The essays on
fasting, feasting, and the Lord's Supper join others which recall
the experiences of grace or the call for justice which occur in
everyday meals."" --Shannon Jung author of Food for Life: The
Spirituality and Ethics of Eating ""I loved reading all these wise,
honest, and funny people writing about eating--the conundrums and
efforts and delights involved in our relationship to food, and God,
and God-as-food. It's a beautiful and inspiring collection of
essays. I've been praying and eating better since reading it.""
--Debbie Blue author of Sensual Orthodoxy About the Contributor(s):
Leslie Leyland Fields is the author of seven books, including
Surviving the Island of Grace: A Life on the Wild Edge of America
and ""Parenting is Your Highest Calling"" . . . and 8 Other Myths
That Trap Us in Worry and Guilt. She teaches in Seattle Pacific
University's Master of Fine Arts Program and lives in Kodiak,
Alaska.
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