Hello, dear readers!
Food often takes center stage in Christian romance novels, adding depth and flavor to the narrative. It isn’t just sustenance, but a symbol of love, community, and faith.
Consider Francine Rivers’ “Redeeming Love.” Here, Angel’s love for cooking and the meals she prepares for Michael Hosea reflect her transformation and growing love. Similarly, “The Saturday Night Supper Club” by Carla Laureano interweaves food and romance, with Chef Rachel Bishop finding love and fellowship around her culinary creations.
These themes echo in my novel, “A Little Something Sweet.” Our heroine, Megan Turner, dreams of opening a bakery. She returns home to care for her sick mother and renovates a building for her bakery. Jake Sullivan, her high school sweetheart and now a single father, is the contractor she hires.
In this tale of second chances, food symbolizes healing and renewal. A fun scene features Megan baking cookies with Jake’s son, Spencer. This moment strengthens their bond and points towards a promising future.
If you enjoy heartwarming stories filled with love, dreams, and second chances, “A Little Something Sweet” could be your next favorite read.
Food in Christian romance novels represents more than taste and texture; it embodies faith, love, community, and redemption. Sharing meals strengthens bonds and echoes Christian values of fellowship and spiritual nourishment.
Next time you pick up a Christian romance novel, take a moment to savor the food descriptions. You might find they add a whole new layer of understanding to your reading. And if you’re in the mood for a blend of culinary romance and the sweetness of second chances, consider diving into “A Little Something Sweet.”
Have you ever been inspired to try a recipe or dish you read about in a Christian romance novel? We’d love to hear about it in the comments!
Laura Ashwood is an award-winning, USA Today Bestselling author of sweet contemporary and historical western romance, and women's fiction. Laura and her husband live in northeast Minnesota. She works a full time day job, and in her spare time, she likes to read, cook and spend time with her husband. She is a devoted grandmother and chihuahua lover.
Not sure I have tried a recipe but I have certainly googled foods being made. Like snickerdoodles and shofly pie. (and lots of Amish foods) but also some of the foods that we don’t have here more likely the cookies and cakes. I think when I first read about Red Velvet cake I had to google it as it wasn’t common here. When I was in America 10 years ago I got to taste it for the first time and its so yummy.
I am a fussy eater so can appreciate food in books even when I wouldn’t eat it at home.
I also love finding out more about the food in books and googling foods that are just everyday things to the writer and characters but are more unusual for me! I’ve looked at recipes for things like grits, shoofly pie and gumbo, and discovered that biscuits and gravy are not what you would expect from those foods in the UK lol
Almost all of the Tales of the Grace Chapel Inn books had a recipe in them, and one book had multiple recipes! Kelly Minter has recipes in all of her Living Room Bible studies, too!! I haven’t yet tried any of the recipes, though I keep thinking I need to!
haven’t seen any recipes
No. I have not made any dishes that I have read about. Thank you so much for sharing. God bless you.
Hi, thanks for the comment. Red velvet cake is so good!
Hi, thanks for the comment. Yes, I think biscuits in the UK are the same as our cookies here in the US. Do you have what we call biscuits there?
Hi Trudy, thank you for the comment, I’m going to have to look into those Bible studies!
Hi Debra, thank you <3
I’ve not made any recipes, but I certainly have had to search the internet to find out some of the foods not found here like red velvet cake, gumbo, grits etc and explain to others that one name can mean another food in different countries like scones here and the UK mean american biscuits, biscuits here are american cookies and how pound and madeira cake are actually the same thing. Thanks for the enjoyable post it has changed the way I will think about food when reading. :)