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It''s the story of true believers and charlatans, of idealists and visionaries, and of the everyday people who followed them--often at their peril. Holy Food explains how faith pioneers used societal woes and cultural trends to create new pathways of belief and reveals the interconnectivity between sects and their leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious beliefs have been the source of food \"rules\" since Pythagoras told his followers not to eat beans (they contain souls), Kosher and Halal rules forbade the shrimp cocktail (shellfish are scavengers, or maybe G-d just said \"no\"). A long-ago Pope forbade Catholics from eating meat on Fridays (fasting to atone for committed sins). Rules about eating are present in nearly every American belief, from high-control groups that ban everything except air to the infamous strawberry shortcake that sated visitors to the Oneida Community in the late 1800s. 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A must-have for food historians, religious historians, or just the curious and hungry folks in your life. \" --Dr. Julia Skinner, author of Our Fermented Lives\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49752898601233,"sku":"NGR9781934170946","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49777388716305,"sku":"CIN1934170941G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51055085715729,"sku":"NIN9781934170946","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52505664094481,"sku":"GOR013446304","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53266456510737,"sku":"CIN1934170941VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1934170941.jpg?v=1751431330"},{"product_id":"american-advertising-cookbooks-book-christina-ward-9781934170748","title":"American Advertising Cookbooks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Advertising Cookbooks, How Corporations Taught Us To Love Spam, Bananas, and Jell-O explores the world of Twentieth Century food culture combining historical cookbook images and intelligent research into an entertaining and accessible history of American food.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Advertising Cookbooks: How Corporations Taught Us to Love Spam, Bananas, and Jell-O is a deeply researched and entertaining survey of twentieth century American food. 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