Light Theology and Heavy Cream: The Culinary Adventures of Pietro and Madeline Book

Is Robert Farrar Capon better known as an Episcopal priest or as a cook? Yes. To varying degrees, he admixes his love of cooking (and eating) into most of his works of theology. Sometimes this is overt, as in his classic text: The Supper of the Lamb. In other volumes, less so. In Light Theology and Heavy Cream, he reverts to the overt to delightful effect. In a series of short conversations between husband -- Pietro -- and wife -- Madeleine, he explores topics both culinary and theological, without ever being heavy handed or burdensome. He writing is very much like his preaching (which I have been privileged to hear): lightly seasoned, deceptively simple, complex in conception, entertainingly presented. This collection of stories/vignettes is too brief.