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January 2013

January 07, 2013

If you liked “Call the Midwife,” you might enjoy…

I devoured this novel a few weeks ago, in that great gulping way where you're...

March 2012

March 03, 2012

“People like you are why everyone thinks good food is elitist!”

For your weekend reading pleasure I insist that you read Tracie McMillan's wonderful piece, "9...

February 2012

February 11, 2012

Why French Parents are Supérieur

For your weekend reading plaisir, I present (HT Al Hsu!) Pamela Druckerman's WSJ piece on...

February 06, 2012

Plagues and Famines: better not to know? (part 1)

Have you wondered if maybe it's better not to know about great suffering? After all,...

February 02, 2012

Is Everyone Losing Weight Without Me?

I've always loved books, but for a number of years--okay, for a lot of years--my...

January 2012

January 13, 2012

Harnessing the ‘New Domesticity’ Without Diminishing Women

from my most recent post at the Christianity Today women's blog... "In a recent opinion...

January 11, 2012

What Chefs Feed Their Kids

One of my favorite things about blogging is the free books. I'm not much of...

January 05, 2012

Two New Books on Marriage

So yesterday I told you about the 1965 book on marriage by Father Capon that...

January 04, 2012

Sometimes Old Books are the Best Books (and some thoughts on writing)

You know I can't resist Robert Farrar Capon. His writing is so quirky (and so,...

January 02, 2012

A Year Of…

...okay, so are you sick of the "year of..." meme yet? (I asked back in...

December 2011

December 09, 2011

When you eat real food, you don’t need rules.

That's rule #24 in Michael Pollan's Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, now out in a...

December 02, 2011

World AIDS Day

I'm delighted to be attending a World Vision AIDS breakfast this morning, where I'm also...

November 2011

November 26, 2011

The Spirit of Food

It's been a while since I've featured a book for Weekend Eating Reading, so up...

November 17, 2011

A Year of “Year Of” Goodness

How do you feel about "year of" books? You know, books that chronicle one year...

November 03, 2011

A truly frugal outlook has a long view.

I'm delighted to welcome to the blog today Cathleen Hockman-Wert, the co-author of Simply in...

November 02, 2011

God in a Brothel

{once again I'm participating in the Patheos book club} Most of the time, reading and...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

Michelle Obama’s Cookbook

So here's Michelle Obama on the cover of her cookbook, forthcoming in April: And here...

October 10, 2011

WE LIKE MEAT! (& The Food Matters Cookbook)

{Yes, I'm still away! This review of Mark Bittman's Food Matters Cookbook originally appeared in...

October 06, 2011

Another Gnostic Christian Diet

{I'm away this week but will continue to do some (re) posting. This article originally...

October 04, 2011

Fight Anorexia–Eat Together

{I'm away this week, but will continue to do some (re)posts--this article originally appeared in...

September 2011

September 24, 2011

A Good and Perfect Gift

My fellow Her.meneutics blogger Amy Julia Becker has a new book, A Good and Perfect...

September 17, 2011

Weekend Eating Reading: The More-with-Less Cookbook

Oh, the More-with-Less Cookbook! How I love this book! "Green" and globally aware before it...

September 15, 2011

God’s Love Made Delectable

For Norman Wirzba--whose previous books include The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological...

September 10, 2011

Weekend Eating Reading AND Giveaway–Molly Birnbaum’s Season to Taste

...the Saturday post! {Last week's winner is Britt T. "Great review. I would love to...

September 06, 2011

The Hour That Matters Most

Perhaps I've been immersed in the world of foodies for too long, but I would've...

September 03, 2011

Weekend Eating Reading & Giveaway–Year of Plenty

It's my first blog giveaway! For this weekend's 'eating reading,' I'd like to direct you...

September 01, 2011

Patheos Book Club: Raised Right by Alisa Harris

I'm delighted to be participating in the Patheos Book Club! Like Alisa Harris, journalist and...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

Guest Post: Ellyn Satter on Emotional Eating

~it's NORMAL, it DOESN'T CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN, and RESTRICTING makes it worse...but it can be...

August 27, 2011

Weekend Eating Reading: Robert Farrar Capon

...the Saturday post! Weekend Eating Reading briefly discusses at least one good book that's somehow related...

August 23, 2011

Before You Talk to God, Make Sure You Brush Your Teeth

Recently I read back through just a bit of Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman by...