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Holy Foods: Food Myths and Marvels from Cults, Communes and Religious Sects

Holy Foods: Food Myths and Marvels from Cults, Communes and Religious Sects

Christina Ward, author of “Holy Food,” reveals why Pythagoras and his followers never ate beans, the religious movement that helped invent fake meat and Little Debbie, and why food and faith are so closely linked.

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

September 29, 202351m 2s

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Show Notes

Christina Ward, author of “Holy Food,” reveals why Pythagoras and his followers never ate beans, the religious movement that helped invent fake meat and Little Debbie, and why food and faith are so closely linked. Plus, Clarissa Wei transports us to Taiwanese kitchens and the Raohe Night Market; Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette of “A Way with Words” peel back the mysteries of the onion; and we make Beef Bulgogi.


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