How do people practice religion in their everyday lives? How do our daily encounters with people who hold different religious beliefs shape the way we understand our own moral and spiritual selves? In Heaven's Kitchen, Courtney Bender takes a highly original approach to answering these questions. For more than a year she worked in New York City as a volunteer for a nonprofit, nonreligious organization called God's Love We Deliver, helping to prepare home-cooked meals for people with AIDS. Paying close attention to what was said and not said, Bender traces how the volunteers gave voice to their moral positions and religious values. She also examines how they invested their conversations, and mundane activities such as cooking, with personal meaning that in turn affected how they saw their own spiritual lives. Filled with vibrant storytelling and rich theoretical insights, Heaven's Kitchen shows faith as a living practice, reshaping our understanding of the role of religion in contemporary American life.

"In a dark and oppressive future, a slave race of pig-men work tirelessly for their cruel human masters--but their true place in this dystopian society is one that they dare not even imagine. But when Oink realizes that the dogma being forced upon his people is covering a repulsive reality, he embarks upon a brutal path of revenge and revelation"--P. [4] cover.

In Chef and King: Fundamental Ingredients for Healthy Relationships, you will learn the essential ingredients needed to create a healthy, lasting, home-cooked relationship. This book reveals that the Chef and King is none other than God, who will feed you through His limitless spiritual provisions as your Chef and lead you in every aspect of your life as your King. This book further points out that all good relationships are like well-prepared food. In order to get the most out of each relational dish, the right ingredients need to be taken from the refrigerator and pantry and intentionally placed into the pots of patience and the pans of priority. As each chapter of this volume unfolds, you will discover that if the right relational components are added and maintained from the start, success is imminent. However, if the wrong ingredients are added to a relationship, failure will result. After considering all that God has to o?er, will you allow Him, as Chef and King, to serve you, feed you, and lead you now and throughout eternity?

“Exudes a down-to-earth vibe. Packed with creative recipes constructed from fresh seasonal produce . . . accessible and inspiring at the same time.” —HuffPost Stephanie Izard knows how to inspire, captivate, and cook up a storm. Fan favorite and the first and only woman to win on TV’s Top Chef, she’s also the chef and owner of the acclaimed Girl & the Goat restaurant in Chicago. Girl in the Kitchen collects more than one hundred of Izard’s best recipes, from innovative appetizers like Asian-Spiced English Peas to luscious desserts like Quince and Fig Cobbler with Vanilla Mascarpone. Beautifully photographed and bursting with flavor, personality, and insights into the top chef’s process—including where she finds her cooking muses, how she shops for food, and which beers and wines she chooses to accompany her meals—this book represents the culmination of a craft and provides inspiration that reaches far beyond the kitchen walls. “A cookbook that should make anyone comfortable in the kitchen. The photos by Dan Goldberg are lush, and tips throughout cover techniques, ingredients, and wine or beer pairings for each dish. Izard wants her readers to have fun and even invites them to change up the recipes—just the way a professional chef does.” —Chicago magazine “Stephanie’s book is not only one of the most visibly appealing and beautiful cookbooks I’ve seen in a very long time, it’s also filled with awesome creative recipes that are sensible (like her). Stephanie is an amazing chef, an immense talent and a wonderful woman.” —Michelle Bernstein, James Beard Award–winning chef

In a large city, it's easy to remain anonymous, be careful who you talk to... The Ultimate is London's slickest vigilante. He is almost invisible; silently creeping around the capital, looking for wrongs to right. After overhearing a man bragging about abusing his girlfriend, The Ultimate has his first victim and is spurred into irrevocable action. Once he starts, he can't stop. He leaves no trace and is careful not to be the one with blood on his hands. His role is only to dictate how his targets will meet their demise. Nothing seems to link him to the crime or the dead. As his reign gathers pace, The Ultimate forces a clueless New Scotland Yard to pull former topdog detective turned reporter, Terry Bane, out of his TV studio and back to the force. He teams up with his old crimefighting partner, DCI James McFarland, only to be sent on a cat and mouse chase. Will they ever be able to catch the man who leaves no clues?

In a very special kitchen, Mr. and Mrs. God cook up the planet Earth and some creatures to live there.