Most cooks do not think about getting great recipes from the Bible, however, during the 1800s, some Christians began using the Good Book to translate descriptions of foods into modern day recipes.
This fell out of favor in the mid-1900s, but recently it has enjoyed resurgence in the modern kitchen with youth groups and parents who enjoy translating scriptural language into a meal.
"Since I teach Hebrew School one of the beauties of these recipes is that they are a great way to force my students to read/translate and interpret the Hebrew Bible," said Michael Twitty, culinary historian and teacher at Temple Beth Ami religious school in Rockville, Maryland. Twitty went on to say, "This year I'm teaching Torah to the seventh-graders again, and it makes it fun for them because otherwise they would have no interest whatsoever in picking up the world's best-seller."
Most popular of these recipes are cakes named after historical figures or cakes made with wine.
21 January 2009
