I grew up in a world where food and faith were disconnected. I always enjoyed eating, but never gave food much thought.
Everything changed in 2015 when I read Robert Farrar Capon’s The Supper of the Lamb. With brilliant humor, theological depth, and a passion for cooking, Capon brought me to his table and taught me the power of every meal. It was an epiphany. Scales fell from my eyes as I discovered food and everything connected with eating as inherently and profoundly spiritual. Beauty, mystery, wonder and delight could be found in every meal shared at the table. Eating was a window offering glimpses of the deepest truths, answers to the biggest questions, tastes of the divine, as food for our bodies and souls.
The potential audience is vast. This series will resonate with foodies and the spiritually-inclined alike. Many foodies are hungry for meaning behind the delicious ingredients they celebrate, and intuitively seem to know there is more to food than just physical nourishment. And as with my own upbringing, many people of faith struggle to connect their eating to God. Taste and See brings these worlds together with its premise that the material and the spiritual are inseparable. Eating together is an intimate, spiritual act.
Andrew Brumme
Director/Producer
