The Religion of Food

I love food. 

I also (am learning to) love fasting. 

I love new culinary experiences and tasting new dishes. 

I love reading the Desert Fathers and Mothers who were known for their great feats of asceticism.

I also am trying to appreciate simplicity and "simple fare" as it was once called in addition to the nutritional side of gastronomy (which is to say, how you feel after eating).

Here, I ruminate on our "daily bread" and the religious significance of food by way of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's Physiologie du goût (The Physiology of Taste) along theological texts on the role of food in the Catholic religion, while also giving culinary tips and insights for the kitchens of your domestic churches.

That's a lot on my plate, I know!

Be well!