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Believing in Magic: An Idiot's Theology of Food

Believing in Magic: An Idiot's Theology of Food

How two chefs and a brewer transformed the stuff of earth.

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Jul 02, 2024
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Two Chefs and the Brewmaster’s Wife (Goshen, 2024)

A man who play-pretends at Anglican priesting once told me there was no such thing as magic. By that, he meant to explain away the transformation of …

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