I grew up in a Christian tradition that regularly talked about extreme heat, but it was always about hell. You didn’t want to go to hell, because hell was hot...
Food
Read about food in the Catholic tradition, from seasonal meals and parish gatherings to spiritual nourishment and eucharistic theology.
Eating fish on Fridays, especially during Lent, is a well-known Catholic tradition that has been practiced for centuries. The custom takes different forms from...
As soon as the temperature drops below 60 degrees in New York City, I know it’s almost time. The rest of the city dwellers begin to adorn their windows and...
Jesus never missed an opportunity to turn a meal into a meaningful encounter. He had a deep awareness of the transformative capacity of sharing food. Some of...
Every summer, my father planted huge gardens that yielded the food our family lived on for much of the year. And every summer my sister and I were pressed into...
“I am the bread of life,” Jesus told a crowd of hungry people. Jesus used symbols from the physical, tangible world to help us understand who he is. But no...
I was probably in my mid-20s when I first discovered the joy of sushi. My favorite morsel quickly became unagi, no doubt overcoming strong inhibitions at the...
Years ago, I noticed an unexpected phenomenon. I had recently moved to New York, and on my afternoon rush hour commute I saw people eating as they rode in the...
Waffles + Mochi Directed by Jeremy Konner (Higher Ground Productions, 2021) My toddler has eaten waffles every day since he learned how to chew. So when I...
On a crisp mid-September morning, the last high clouds are burning off to reveal clear blue sky above the dewy fields. The air smells of the wet earth...
