My Manifeasto: A Menu-oir

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Pennington, Rachel N. My Manifeasto: A Menu-oir. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d9b3d660-6be0-4e41-b7e5-0a3cc49a656c.

P. R. N. My Manifeasto: A Menu-oir. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d9b3d660-6be0-4e41-b7e5-0a3cc49a656c

Pennington, Rachel N. My Manifeasto: A Menu-Oir. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d9b3d660-6be0-4e41-b7e5-0a3cc49a656c.

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Delving deeper into the fascinating question of a favorite or last bite of food, this menu-oir creates the 13-course meal that, from aperitvo to digestivo, defines a life's terroir-tapestry. Flavors are nursed and called forth as memories are gleaned, re-membering the forgotten, buried, or departed. Themes such as adoption, spirituality, the hospitality industry, and the Charlottesville events in 2017 (Alt-Right Rally) are explored. The theological template that supports this creative pursuit explores the relationship between the feeder and the fed and the writer and the reader through the power of an invisible ingredient or ink, binding the two together to embrace a stranger, celebrate inherent interconnectedness, and foster community and communion. Martin Buber’s I-Thou language and philosophy, Desmond Tutu’s Ubuntu theology explore the tandem and tension between Ecclesiastes - Eucharist - Emmaus as the womb and holding space for the stranger/other to become the embraced/known. Food creates loving, generative, and thriving communities.

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