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Food Theology


The Gift of the Body
This is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. On Instagram, I've been talking about how, after a six-year struggle with anorexia, the...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Feb 27, 20195 min read


The Catholic Table's Guide to a Guilt-Free Thanksgiving, Part 1
Despite the fact that most of my kitchen is currently packed away in about 464 different boxes, I'm still planning on cooking this...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Nov 21, 20164 min read


Sometimes You Just Need to Eat the Cheesecake...And Other Important Truths About Food
Let’s talk about food. I know, that’s what we usually do here. But, I don’t mean, let’s talk about creamy plates of butternut squash...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Nov 4, 20157 min read


The Catholic Garden
I'm sorry that there's been precious little food blogging this week. That's partly because I'm way, way behind on a major ghost writing...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
May 15, 20152 min read


"Like Life to Man": The Glory of Wine
On the list of “Things I Don’t Understand,” Pittsburgh traffic tops the list. Bruce Jenner comes in as a close second. Third, I think, is...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Apr 28, 20153 min read
Five Reasons to Fast This Lent
Jesus did it. The apostles and early Christians did it. The Fathers and doctors of the Church and most every saint you can think of —...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Mar 6, 20151 min read
Good to Eat: How I Said "Goodbye" to Anorexia and "Hello" to Cheese
I was all set to write a fun, breezy little post about one of my favorite things in the universe—wine—when the Great Hive Mind informed...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Feb 24, 20158 min read


Bacon and Sage Risotto
You live, you learn. Case in point? The great cookie disaster of 1996. In December of that year, during my senior year in college, I...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Jan 21, 20155 min read


What is The Catholic Table?
Food matters. It matters because it nourishes our bodies and nourishes our souls. It matters because it draws friends and family...
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Jan 13, 20153 min read
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