Cooking With the Saints - Hardcover

Alexandra Greeley; Fernando Flores

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1622825101 ISBN 13: 9781622825103

Publisher: Sophia Institute Press, 2019

Synopsis

For the Love of Food, the Church, and Her Saints!

From traditional Cottage Pie on St. Patrick's Day to Basque Lamb Stew on the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, the delicious recipes in this unique cookbook will excite your senses, awaken in you greater love for the saints, and bring Catholic festivity into your home.

Here you'll find brief saints biographies and ideal accompanying dishes tied to the liturgical feasts of the Church. From this exceptional cookbook, your family will receive triple nourishment: for body, mind, and spirit.

In it, you'll encounter:

• Scores of exciting dishes from dozens of countries, including Ethiopia, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Korea, Scotland, France, Greece, and Sweden.
• Sixty fascinating saints biographies.
• A comprehensive list of celebratory cookies for feast days throughout the year.
• Many traditional recipes, including Roman Honey Cake, Hungarian Goulash Soup, and even Papal Cream Cake (a favorite of St. John Paul II).
• A handy index to help you find just the kind of dinner you need tonight.
• A carefully categorized shopping list for each recipe, to save you time in the store.

Gathered by Alexandra Greeley, a professional chef and author of thirty-five cookbooks, and Fernando Flores, a world traveler and aficionado of all things relating to food and faith, each of these succulent recipes has been home-tested by our team of Christian mothers and their families.

With the help of Cooking with the Saints, you'll turn every Christian feast into a joyous, faith-filled occasion, bringing your family gastronomic delight and spiritual enrichment throughout the year.

Among the saints celebrated in this book, you'll meet:

St. Aloysius Gonzaga
St. Anselm of Canterbury
St. Basil the Great
St. Brigid of Kildare
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Damien of Molokai
St. Isidore the Farmer
St. Joan of Arc
St. John Neumann
St. Josemaría Escrivá
St. Junípero Serra
St. Justin Martyr
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
St. Mark the Evangelist
St. Mary of Egypt
St. Padre Pio
St. Paul Miki
St. Simon Stock
St. Teresa of Calcutta
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
St. Thomas Aquinas

About this title

About the Author

Alexandra Greeley

Food writer/editor, cookbook author, and restaurant critic, Alexandra (Sandy) Greeley lives in Northern Virginia, where she cooks, eats, dreams about food from other cultures, and writes about food from every angle and from every culture. She worked as the food editor of the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and for Vegetarian Times magazine, and has written about food for numerous publications. She has had published 35 cookbooks, and has copyedited more than 20 cookbooks for major publishing houses. She was the co-founder of Washington, DC, Slow Food s chapter and is a member of Les Dames d Escoffier s Washington chapter.

As a Catholic convert, Alexandra started the program at St. Veronica Catholic Church called Cooking with Our Saints in 2010. Over a seven-year period, she held classes featuring Catholic speakers from various regions of the world, including Cambodia. They brought in traditional recipes and spoke about the faith in their country of origin. Those classes inspired the cookbook she wrote called Cooking with the Saints by Sophia Institute Press. She initiated the farmers market on the grounds of St. Veronica and started an organic garden on the church property to feed the hungry through Catholic Charities. She also started an annual farm dinner, hosting parishioners and a Catholic speaker about food and farming. She has written about food for the National Catholic Register and is now a regular blogger writing about the connection between food and faith.

Fernando Flores

A life-long Catholic, Fernando Flores remembers fondly selecting his Confirmation Saint, St. Peter Claver, not only for his saintly works but also, because of his connection with Colombia. Growing up in the church he was always fascinated with the stories of the saints. A life-long foodie, who once dreamed of attending the famed cooking school, Le Cordon Bleu. Being invited to co-present a Cooking with our Saints (CWOS) class (celebrating St. Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena and Colombian cuisine) was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. He enjoyed the class so much that he offered to join in the organization of future sessions.

CWOS was a natural progression in Fernando Flores leadership in developing "fellowship through food activities within the St. Veronica parish community and school, where his two children attended. Through apostolates, like the Knights of Columbus, the parish school and the Food, Farm and Faith Annual Dinner, Flores believes that food can be a key to open a little door to the soul, were faith and fellowship can follow.

The son of immigrants from Colombia and Mexico, Flores is blessed to have incredible cooks in the family, willing to share their time-honored traditions. From making that perfect Colombian Arroz con coco, to appreciating the labor of love that is a perfect Mexican Mole Poblano, he has developed a passion for cooking that has fed him well! Today his culinary adventures run the gamut from side-of-the-road shacks to the finest Michelin-starred restaurants, from eating chicharrón con yuca on plantain leaves to hunts for the latest in avant-garde molecular gastronomy.

Equally passionate about international affairs and humanitarian causes, Fernando has had a 25-plus year career with the United Nations. Through his work, he has traveled to over 40 countries, sampling all-types of local cuisine along the way.

Review

"With lively photos of enticing dishes to inspire families to live in union with the Church and her Saints throughout the year, Cooking with the Saints is a delightful celebration of food from around the world and through time. Thoughtfully arranged (shopping lists!), the recipes are bright and appealing, without over-complication. The book provides a sense of connection with that great 'cloud of witnesses' that surrounds us, and will go on the shelf alongside A Continual Feast and Drinking with the Saints."

Leila M. Lawler
Publisher, Like Mother, Like Daughter

"My priestly philosophy for pastoral service has centered on the power of food, not just in the process of creating recipes, but in tapping into the power of food to do good! In this book, Cooking with the Saints, we see this philosophy come to life! We realize that eating the right food and sharing the meal with the right company, can truly make us Saints! May this book help us hunger for that heavenly meal!"

Fr. Leo E. Patalinghug
TV & Radio Host, Author, Speaker, Founder of Plating Grace & The Table Foundation

"I remember wonderful Sunday gatherings around the dining room table sharing delicious food, faith and family love. As children, we looked forward to certain feasts with their special foods, like St. Joseph's Day Zeppole and Saint Anthony's Bread. Now we have Cooking with Saints, which helps us celebrate many days of the Church year with distinctive foods and exceptional reflections from our rich Catholic heritage."

Bishop Dominick Lagonegro
Retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York

"The Catholic Faith has feasts and fasts. Personally, I like the feasts a lot more. Because food affects us so deeply, feasting becomes almost a duty in a Catholic life. Nice, right? Cooking with the Saints helps us live out those feasts by connecting us with centuries of Catholic tradition. And so, though I don't need more reasons to celebrate, this book encourages me to do so!"

Lino Rulli
The Catholic Guy, Sirius XM Satellite Radio

"Saintly wisdom and savory recipes make Cooking with the Saints a delightful combination delicious to the senses and inspirational for the soul! Nourishing to both body and spirit, it is a must have for every kitchen and a heavenly treat in every way. YUM!"

Johnnette Williams
Host, EWTN Television and Radio and Author of Experience Grace in Abundance and Graceful Living

--Personal Endorsements

About this edition

• Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1622825101
• ISBN 13: 9781622825103
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352