Garden of Eden
Britishnoun
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Food as metaphor goes all the way back to the fruit in the Garden of Eden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Swag II” closes with “Story of God,” a nearly 8-minute track in which Bieber narrates the tale of the Garden of Eden against a backing of churchy keyboards and reverbed gospel wailing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Even if you seasoned salmon to perfection, and used some type of rare plant from the Garden of Eden as a garnish, it is still an unattractive fish to me.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2023
The rivers here, some scholars say, fed the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon and converged at the place described in the Bible as the Garden of Eden.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
It was a Garden of Eden of a hellish sort: isolated, untouched, parched, and rocky—turds of congealed lava overrun by “hideous iguanas,” tortoises, and birds.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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