– a blog about faith, food, and what we need today
Emerged from the food-coma yet? Me neither. Holidays and food always connect, and the connection is often seasonal. Whatever is available is transformed into a dish celebrating the occasion at hand. Processed foods have crept their way in, but the connections are still strong. Thanksgiving and pumpkin, 4th of July cookouts will have watermelon, and…
Happy Thanksgiving! I pray this week is one of all that is best – thankfulness for the simple blessings we have of faith, family, and friends. It also is a holiday with a strong connection to good food for which we can also give thanks 🙂 It is a bit overdone – like a dry…
Coriander. It’s a Biblical spice! The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.- Exodus 16:31 It is one you know as well! The leaves of the coriander plant we call ‘cilantro’, the key spice in all things Tex-Mex. In the Bible, it is…
A word keeps coming to the surface in the conversations I hear – simmering. A counselor friend of mine first used the term in a conversation about the impact of COVID-19 is making on all of us. Each of us is a little cooked! We are, after all, eight plus months plus into a pandemic-adjusted…
Of all cultures that have woven food into life, the Italians are among the best. It should not surprise then when digging into the history of a recipe there are several classics Italian cooks brought into the world marrying food, plot, and need and Pasta Puttanesca is one of them. Legend has it that prostitutes…
