Savoring the sacred: understanding religion through food.

From: Phi Kappa Phi Forum | Date: June 22, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

"I began to follow the scent, like a child drawn to a candy store." That's how April Nelson described the beginning of her research. Along with having an amazing voice that she is training as a music major, April has a keen sense of smell, which helped her find her intended destination in a Charlotte strip mall one blustery January afternoon. She was on the trail of food stores catering to Muslims. The scent she described was the sweet-sharp aroma of spices. Once inside A.J. Indo-Pak Grocery, April approached Jagtar Singh. Although she had prepared a number of questions ahead of ...

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