Bread and Wine by Shauna Niequist
I love it when I chose a book that I know nothing about and
absolutely fall in love with the book, the author, and the words. I had that experience with Bread and Wine by
Shauna Niequist. Ms. Niequist writes
about some of my favorite subjects, food, family, and her Christian walk and
she does it with honesty and humility.
From the introduction, where she says, “Food is the language
of care, the thing we do when traditional language fails us, when we don’t know
what to say, when there are not words to say. …
It’s the think that connects us, that bears our traditions, …our ability
to live and breathe each day. Food
matters”, to the closing chapters where she pens the words, “And the table is
where we return to stitch our hearts back together after the breaking”.
Along the way she shares recipes and stories that are from
the heart. The stories make me want to
recreate not only the meals but to create my own memories surrounding
them. I believe that is her intention. She hopes to instill in each reader, a love
not only for the food but more importantly for the symbolism that we can begin
to associate with each family dinner, with each bar-b-que with friends, and
with each breaking of bread in our faith.
I fell in love with the book, I am now a faithful reader of her
blog and you can absolutely be sure that I am ready to read her other two books
but I think I’ll do that after I enjoy a little “Bread and Wine”.
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