Simon Carey Holt’s latest book was launched in Melbourne on the 8th October. It’s titled Eating Heaven: Spirituality at the Table. Simon, “a trained chef, teacher, social researcher, minister of religion and homemaker, draws on experience and research to explore the role of eating in our search for meaning and community. To do so, he invites us to sit at the tables of daily life – from kitchen tables to backyard barbecues, from cafe tables to the beautifully set tables of Melbourne’s finest restaurants – and consider how our life at these tables interacts with our deepest values and commitments.”
The book is described in the following way:
“Sitting down at a table to eat is an activity so grounded in the ordinary, so basic to the daily routines of life, we rarely ponder it beyond the simple inquiry, ‘What’s for dinner?’ However, scratch a little deeper and you discover in eating one of the most meaning-laden activities of our lives, one so immersed in human longing and relationship that it takes on sacred dimensions.”
Tim Costello the CEO of World Vision Australia commends the book with these words:
“'Eating Heaven' is a soulful reflection by a man who savours Melbourne as a city. He explores it through the way people share food and table together. Through stories, reflections and recipes, he warms the heart, feeds the body and nourishes the soul.”
You can find a PDF here, which includes the contents page and chapter 1. Purchasing the book can be done via its Australian publisher, the same publisher that gifted us his wonderful and award-winning earlier work God Next Door: Spirituality and Mission in the Neighbourhood.
I’m looking forward to reading it in due course.
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