I’ve always found the experience of deliciousness in food to be an extraordinary place where the subjectivities of being human directly interact with the natural world. Sometimes its on purpose––evolution makes some nuts intentionally delicious and some fruits irresistibly delectable––but sometimes it’s an accident, or just a coincidence. 

If you think about wild food that is known mainly for being delicious, you can’t find anything more representative than truffles, those subterranean, fungal nuggets that can make your dish of pasta go from $30 to $300, if you are willing to splurge. They grow all over, but many connoisseurs define them as being only valuable when they come from Europe. So, I was delighted to read about something truffle-y, nearby and still delicious – a species that grows in the Appalachians and is part of an American contribution to things that are worth eating that come from the ground. You can read all about it here. But it is a delight to read a story about how there’s more of the wonderful things out there than you imagined, and some might be just outside our doorsteps!

Allan T. Georgia, M.Div., M.T.S., PhD

Sometimes it is hard to tap into our spiritual selves or find time to nurture our intellectual curiosity. Here is a section that reflects on some nourishing materials from around the web and related media channels in order to get us thinking, get us feeling, and get us reflecting on the lives we are living in this big, beautiful world. **Some Adult/Mature Themes May Appear in Links and Other Attached Material**

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