Includes bibliographical references.

Coming back to the kitchen -- The common table -- Cooking: artful transformations -- Preservation -- Eating closer to home: on being neighborly -- Harvesting: labors of love -- In the garden -- Seeds: fullness in the hands of God -- Back to the kitchen.

With the growing farm-to-table movement and popularity of local farmers' markets, we are becoming more conscious of where our food originates. This spirituality of eating and food helps us reflect on current realities and understand how eating forms our souls inwardly, upwardly, and outwardly. The author offers practical guidance on what it means to eat alone or in community with more intention, compassion, humility, and gratitude. She also tells the story of food as it transitions from seed to table. Sidebars contain gardening and food tips, recipes, and food preservation guides. End-of-chapter questions for individual and group use are included.