The Can Talk is a web comic by Jimmy Craig. I enjoy it often, so when a book collection was published under the title Are You Gonna Eat That? I had to buy it. (A small token of support) The comics feature a variety of animals who are given very human characterisations, while they express …
Family, food, and life are inextricable entwined together. At least in my life, and in Stanley Tucci’s life as well. Taste is a memoir that intersects across generations and across continents and cuisines. I discovered the book while viewing Tucci’s televisual love letter to Italian cuisine, Searcing For Italy. There are recipes, drinks (hello Negroni), …
Richard Glover is an Australian broadcaster and writer. Best Wishes is his new book which contains 365 wishes that Glover thinks would make for a better world if they came true. Among the 365 there are a lot that resonate with me. Which may be an aging man sort of thing. Or not. Those that …
If all the Beatitudes told Jesus’ followers to do was be nice to everyone all the time, it would be hard to understand that as a revolutionary sentiment that would result in condemnation and crucifixion. The Beatitudes are a declaration about the nature of God’s new creation order, an order that God himself has inaugurated. …
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