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Spiritual food

Food that is offered, blessed, shared or abstained from. Each faith is described as those who keep it would describe it.

HinduPrasad, temple kitchens, fasting foods and festival sweets.17 MuslimIftar and suhoor, Eid feasts and shared sacrifice.32 ChristianLent and Easter, Christmas tables, saints' days and communion.38 JewishSabbath dishes, the Passover Seder and the food of the festivals.25 BuddhistTemple cooking, alms food and offerings.8 SikhLangar, the free kitchen, and karah prasad.3 JainCooking without harm: no root vegetables, strict fasts.1 Other traditionsShinto, Taoist, Zoroastrian, folk and ancestral traditions.4

The weekly plate

Every Monday: seven dishes you may not know, what the world is cooking this week, and one way of eating.