Bread, Body, Spirit: Finding the Sacred in Food
"How can we find what is sublime in our everyday encounters with food? Where is God in the supermarket? Can we see the holy in a strawberry?"
—from the Introduction
Food plays a remarkable role in the daily routine of our lives. Whether we make time to eat with our families, or hit the drive-through on the way to doing something else, food and how we approach it has the extraordinary power to unite us with others and nurture our connection to the Divine.
Provocative and insightful, the eclectic and beautiful pieces in this book will open your eyes to the awe-inspiring link between nourishment and nirvana. Drawing from many faith traditions and backgrounds—including Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Native American and Sikh—the words in this volume paint a glorious picture of the sanctity waiting to be discovered in a thing so simple—and yet so divine—as food.
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Book details
- Author
- Alice Peck
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Cooking › Essays & Narratives
Religion › Spirituality - Topics
- food and spirituality · sacred eating · interfaith perspectives · mindful eating · food essays · fasting and feasting · finding the divine in everyday life
- ISBN-13
- 9781594732423 (Paperback)9781681629971 (Hardcover)
About the author
ALICE PECK is a writer and editor and the author or editor of several books on nature, spirituality, and food, including Dead Set on Living (co-written with Chris Grosso), The Secret Language of Herbs, and Mindful Beads.
Peck’s writing has appeared in Spirituality & Health, Newsweek, and Daily Good. Before focusing on publishing, she developed scripts for networks including AMC, MTV, and Bravo.
When she’s not writing, Peck draws on her background in film and television as well as publishing. Much of her work explores the intersection of the everyday and the sacred, from housekeeping to food to the natural world.
Alice lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York.