SACRED
FLAVORS
Zacchaeus in the sycamore tree meets Jesus’s gaze above a lively street in Jericho

SACRED FLAVORS

Sacred Flavors

40 biblical stories. 40 recipes. Thousands of years around one table.

Bread before a journey. Lentils shared between brothers. Breakfast beside the sea. Read the stories, cook the food, and make room for someone.

Step inside the book

The Book

Read the stories. Cook the food. Share the meal.

From the garden in Genesis to the final feast in Revelation: forty stories, each with a recipe to cook and share today.

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Sacred Flavors book cover
Esther and her guests during a banquet
At Esther’s tableRead the story →
Cultured milk with figs, dates, honey, walnuts and mint
Milk and HoneyRead the story →
Svante Hallberg

Behind the book

Svante Hallberg

Physician · Theologian · Author

Theology, medicine and international humanitarian work meet here around food, faith and the people who share a table.

A meal can be shared anywhere.

The Global Table

Discover the people, places and stories that bring us together.

The Global Table is a place to discover churches, congregations and communities through the meals they share. Each table brings together a place on the map, the people who gather there, their story and a recipe from their kitchen.

Explore a community near home or on the other side of the world. Read its story, try its food, and bring your questions to At the Table. Your own community can be part of this too.

Find a place

Choose a table on the map to meet a community. Places of Faith introduce churches, pilgrimage sites and landmarks you can explore alongside them.

Meet the people

Discover what brings a community together: a shared meal, a local tradition or a story worth passing on. Its recipe gives you something to bring to your own table.

Add your community

Churches, congregations and other communities are invited to share their own table. Introduce yourselves, tell us about a meal that matters to you, and share a recipe.

How to take part →
The colourful illustrated world of The Global Table

Explore the interactive map in its own space. Discover tables and Places of Faith, choose what to show, or let a random table take you somewhere new.

Explore the map →

AT THE TABLE

At the Table

Come in. Take a seat. Say hello.

Food, faith, everyday life, a place you hope to visit. Meet people from around the world and see where the conversation goes.

At the Table is the shared conversation space beside the map. Talk about faith, food, everyday life or somewhere you hope to visit. You can also bring a community story or a Place of Faith into the conversation, so others can see what you are talking about.

Explore freely. When you enter the room, you can start as a guest or choose a display name. You do not have to represent a church to join in.

Join the conversation →
An illustrated gathering around a shared table

THE GLOBAL TABLE

Your table belongs here.

For churches, congregations and communities who want to introduce themselves through their people, traditions and food.

Share a meal, a memory or a tradition that matters to your community. Let someone on the other side of the world discover it.

  1. Introduce your community

    Tell us who you are and where you gather. What would you like someone visiting your table to know about you?

  2. Share your story and recipe

    Choose a meal, memory or tradition that matters to you. A recipe and photographs can help others experience it too.

  3. Start with an introduction

    Use the short form to preview your introduction, then send it to Sacred Flavors by email. We can discuss your story and profile before anything is published.

Join the Global Table →

Beyond the table

Helping the hungry.

Svante Hallberg is a physician and the founder of Sacred Flavors and the charity Drive for Health. With friends and fellow physicians, he has transported and donated aid vehicles and medical equipment to countries in need around the world.

Sacred Flavors carries that same humanitarian spirit forward, with a focus on helping the hungry.

Discover the humanitarian work →
A conversation around a table during the humanitarian journey to Mongolia