Wheat, Wine, And Oil

Martha addresses the preparation and anticipation for the Nativity in our kitchens, and elsewhere. Here is the link to the recipe for preserved lemons.

What happens when we become burned out on cooking and end up in a recipe rut? Martha shares some ideas on reinvigorating your cooking and prayer life.

What do you do if you're in both a recipe and prayer rut? Martha has some solutions.

Martha explores food as an expression of love.

Martha Condra interviews firefighters Ryan and Thomas Wells about the claim that firehouse food is some of the best, as well as what the daily life of a firefighter is like.

Simplicity has been a prevalent part of host Martha Condra's holiday season. Link to this episode's recipe.

Martha takes a second look at college cafeterias.

Martha describes a program hosted by her local library that accepts food items as payment for library fines in support of a neighborhood food bank.

Martha reminds us that the reason we cook is for love.

Martha offers a suggestions for planning Lenten menus and then compares a favorite, reliable cooking spoon to the saints from who she seeks intercessory prayers.

Martha is back, and she recounts what she has been doing since her last episode, including experiencing a car crash, preparing mercy meals, and celebrating a wedding.

Martha looks back on 2011, remembering the many relationships she built through food.

Just as there are different degrees of vegetarianism, there are varying degrees of our spiritual commitment in the Orthodox faith. In this episode, Martha looks at these levels from her perspective, as a convert to Orthodox Christianity. She instructs us to encourage one another as we complete our Lenten journey.

Martha begins the new year listing a few basics she hopes her children learn before entering adulthood.

In this episode of Wheat Wine and Oil, Martha contrasts Orthodox Advent with the secular holiday season. She also shares a fasting recipe. [Open in new window]

As we enter the Dormition fast, Martha reflects on her summer, motherhood, and our Most Holy Theotokos.

Just in time for Holy Week, Martha shares one of her favorite make-ahead and uncomplicated Lenten recipes.

Martha shares some culinary and spiritual insights as she reflects back upon 2009.

Martha reflects back on a summer full of difficult transitions.

Today, Martha shares why atmosphere is important to a meal, and why a picnic is a great option.