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What’s for dinner?
Next week’s posts examine a timeless topic: food and cooking. Three of the most challenging words for me are, “What’s for dinner?” When we had a growing family, that was a common, and sometimes...
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A Typical Day for a New Testament Woman
If there is a constant throughout history it is the need for food and water for survival. And generally speaking women have been at least partially responsible for making sure the family has both. In...
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The Staff of Life
For thousands of years bread has been a basic staple worldwide. In the past “most of the world has gotten most of its calories from bread” (Oman Tribune On-line, “Bread the Giver of Life”). The roots...
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Bread
The first Biblical reference to a woman doing specific work (other than childbirth) refers to a task done four thousand years ago. Abraham entertained unexpected guests, and Sarah made cakes for them....
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Barley: the Grain of the Poor
Barley was the grain most commonly used to make into flour for bread in Iron Age Israel. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Barley was a primary food grain in ancient Israel. The Israelites planted barley in...
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Wheat
‘To everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food,’ and thus it was so. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good...
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