Churches, Monasteries, and Convents Are Creating Some of the Finest Gourmet Victuals

Churches, Monasteries, and Convents Are Creating Some of the Finest Gourmet Victuals

Doing God’s work: monks in the bottling room of the brewery at St. Sixte monastery, in Westvleteren, Belgium. From salted peanuts to caffeinated wine to CBD-infused tea, churches, monasteries, and convents create some of the world’s finest gourmet victuals By Spike Carter In 1955, the Englewood United Methodist Church in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was just two months old and in desperate need of funds. Bake sales, fish fries, and pancake break…