Sacred Food

(MQP, winner Gourmet World Cookbook Awards, 2001)




www.amazon.co.uk/Sacred-Food-Cooking-Spiritual-Nourishment/dp/1556525303/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241856327&sr=1-2


“Beautiful.”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Splendidly written, the book's scope is historical and international... Luard's passionate interest enlivens every page.”
U.S; feature review in Gourmet Magazine, December 2002.


Sacred Food celebrates the power of food to nourish us body and soul, and the vital role it plays in our religious ceremonies and secular celebrations. Offering insights that go far beyond recipes, it explores the dishes that are traditionally served at significant moments in human life – birth, puberty, courtship, betrothal and marriage, death, burial and remembrance – and explains how and why we celebrate with food.

More than 40 award-winning recipes include:

* Kerala Coconut Curry to share at an Indian-inspired wedding feast
* Mushroom piroshki from Slovakia to welcome a newborn baby
* Cassava with chilli and peanuts from Africa to mark a girl's coming-of-age
* Panettone for Christmas, an Italian tradition
* Chinese dumplings to ring in the New Year
* Chicken soup with kreplach for the last day of the feast of Sukkot
* English soul cakes, a buttery gingerbread for Halloween
* Mexican mole for the Day of the Dead