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Podcast: Fascinating Nouns
Episode: Ep. 244: How Cults & Communes Cultivated Common Cuisine
Description: When it comes to spiritual belief, the United States is very unique. Since religion is protected by the first amendment, the country has been fertile ground to many spiritual groups, cults, communes, and other religious groups. Some have taken an isolation approach, and if your group is remote, you will have to grow and make your own food. That is where today’s story takes place, right at the intersection of food and religion. In her new book “Holy Food“, Christina Ward walks us through how a lot of our modern food movements have been influenced by religious groups. Thanksgivin...