Mukbang Videos and the War of Raging Appetites
The fundamental appeal of a mukbang video, then, is the promise of satisfaction through excess.

The fundamental appeal of a mukbang video, then, is the promise of satisfaction through excess.

By turning the cameras onto his guests, Bourdain revealed to his audience a world at once vastly diverse, painfully complex, and beautifully human.

The church has far too often failed to critique the way our culture shames the bodies of those outside the ideal and given theological weight to claims that some bodies are more godly than others.

In many ways, the story of Korean food and culture in my life, with its Kentucky Baptist roots, is the story of how we travel through the world.

Why do we fight with our food? Read about a few of those reasons in this issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine.

We’re dishing on dishes of cultural cuisine in this issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine.

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We devote huge amounts of time and energy guilting each other over what we eat.

Cooked highlights the good in preparing and enjoying food.

Christ and Pop Culture writers on the Thanksgiving food that has shaped us all.

The food we consume not only determines how well we live this life, it also expresses who we are.
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