The Just Kitchen

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Invitations to Sustainability, Cooking, Connection, and Celebration

by Derrick Weston, Anna Woofenden

Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Publication
Oct 10, 2023
Format
Hardback
Illustrated
No
Price
29.99
Dimensions
8.25 x 9.25 in
ISBN
9781506484112
Pages
219
Age
Adult 18+
Category
General NonfictionChristian LivingHouse & HomeFood & Drink

Rights Sold

LanguageEnglish AudioCountryWorldwideAgent-BuyerTantor Media

Description

Join the call of a just kitchen: where meal preparation is as much an act of resistance against injustice as marches and protests.

For food and faith writers and podcasters Derrick Weston and Anna Woofenden, The Just Kitchen is about a passion for food, sharing meals, showing hospitality, and understanding cultures, faith traditions, food histories, and local foodways.

Their authentic podcast conversations spill over the pages of this book and explore how the kitchen can be a place where the things we care about most in the world are reflected in the foods we prepare and the way we prepare them. In a world where disconnection from the earth, our food, our faith, and each other is becoming the norm, Weston and Woofenden bring together voices of hope who are working for a world of organic reconnections. They invite us to dig deeply into the complexity of ecology and food systems, as well as how faith communities are connected to them.

This is an invitation to reprioritize the kitchen as a space for healing, community, activism, and celebration. Be inspired to see the sacred in the daily mundane, forge connection with the people and earth around you, and join the call of a just kitchen.

Awards & Endorsements

Adrian Miller, James Beard Award-winning author and executive director of the Colorado Council of Churches
"The Just Kitchen is a heart-warming, soul-satisfying, and salivating meditation on the spiritual dimension of foodways. I'm grateful that Derrick Weston and Anna Woofenden have set a welcome table replete with hope and love." 

Author(s)

Derrick Weston

Derrick Weston

Derrick Weston serves as the director for theological education and formation for Creation Justice Ministries, a national, ecumenical organization committed to helping denominations, churches, and individuals live in proper relationship with God's creation. Weston is coauthor of The Just Kitchen: Invitations to Sustainability, Cooking, Connection, and Celebration (Broadleaf, 2023), and his multimedia outreach includes co-hosting the Food and Faith podcast and producing the food-justice film series A Wilderness Like Eden.
Anna Woofenden

Anna Woofenden

Anna Woofenden is the founding pastor of both The Garden Church and Feed and Be Fed Farm in San Pedro, California. As a leading voice in the food and faith movement, she is the founder and cohost of The Food and Faith Podcast and author of This Is God’s Table: Finding Church beyond the Walls. She is passionate about spirituality, justice, food, the earth, beauty, compassion, and community. Now based in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, David, she enjoys nature, gardening, singing, laughter, and a good cup of chai.

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