Twelve Months of Monastery Soups: International Favorites by D'Avila-Latourrette, Brother Victor-Antoine (1996) Hardcover - Hardcover

D'Avila-Latourrette, Brother Victor-Antoine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892439319 ISBN 13: 9780892439317

Publisher: Liguori Publications, 1996

Excellent Book

Review:

Offer your guests a big bowl of warmth and comfort--stir up some homemade soup! Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette, author of From a Monastery Kitchen, follows the months of the year with simple recipes using seasonal ingredients. The soup recipes are international as well--try some Polish Pearl Barley Soup in February and Traditional Austrian Cheese Soup in November. Brother Victor-Antoine recommends chilled soups in the summer for refreshment; June's creamy Chilled Carrot Soup features the zest of ginger and lemon, and the Cold Zucchini Soup in August is delightful with the recommended lemon basil. The simplicity of the recipes makes them suitable for beginning cooks, who will learn that a great variety of flavors can be produced just by changing the order in which the vegetables are sautéed or by using vegetable broth instead of beef bouillon. Twelve Months of Monastery Soups is a delicious introduction to the art of soup making. As Brother Victor-Antoine notes, "soup remains a faithful friend during all of life's occasions."

From the Publisher:

"Brother Victor-Antoine's collection of easy and earthy soup recipes are most appealing, and include excellent variety for all seasons of the year."
--Pierre Franey

"Soup stands for me as one of the great treats of culinary art, and to have such recipes so happily and deliciously recorded is indeed a pleasure. . . . .A special joy to turn each page."
--Michael Lomonaco, host of TV Food Network's "Michael's Place"

"Wonderful, healthful, and easy recipes . . . virtually holy."
--Waldy Malouf, chef, Rainbow Room, New York City

"What a favor Brother Victor-Antoine has done for the cookbook community! . . . Good reading and good cookery, all in one book."
-Marcia Adams, author of Cooking from Quilt Country

"Making homemade soup doesn't have to be complicated, thanks to Brother Victor's latest literary endeavor."
--Hudson Valley Magazine

• Publisher: Liguori Publications
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0892439319
• ISBN 13: 9780892439317
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208