On Food and Friends
I’m an unrepentant lover of good food. There is nothing better than a pungent combination of spices and the beautiful color of fresh produce to enliven the senses and transport […]
I’m an unrepentant lover of good food. There is nothing better than a pungent combination of spices and the beautiful color of fresh produce to enliven the senses and transport […]
I watch my children gather round the kitchen table for a snack: two small bags of Mini Cheddars poured into a bowl for them to share. I say ‘share,’ but […]
It is the dead of winter in Indiana, and South Bend last week set a new record for the most snow in a 24-hour period. I shoveled our front sidewalks […]
People are preparing for the Christmas season around the globe: fridges are being stocked, presents bought, lights strung up, and rooms prepared to receive family and friends. How do you […]
Questions of vocation, what constitutes the best use of our working lives, are not clear cut in any religious community. Nor are they clear cut in the secular realm. So […]
The waiter looked confused. He shuffled the menus in his hand from left to right, then put one in the middle, then rechecked them again. “Why don’t you just give […]
Ah, what power there is in a word. A skilled communicator agonizes over choosing precisely the right word for the occasion—that exact nuance in a verb, a noun, or an […]
I think about food a lot, probably more than most people. I read the ingredients list on every item of food I buy, even packets of sweets and chewing gum. […]