Cooking with the Saints
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 biographies of saints.
  • 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. Josemaria Escriva
  • St. Junipero Serra
  • St. Justin Martyr
  • St. Kateri Tekawitha
  • St. Mark the Evangelist
  • St. Mary of Egypt
  • St. Padre Pio
  • St. Paul Miki
  • St. Simon Stock
  • St. Teresa of Calcutta
  • St. Therese of Lisieux
  • St. Thomas Aquinas

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Cooking with the Saints
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 biographies of saints.
  • 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. Josemaria Escriva
  • St. Junipero Serra
  • St. Justin Martyr
  • St. Kateri Tekawitha
  • St. Mark the Evangelist
  • St. Mary of Egypt
  • St. Padre Pio
  • St. Paul Miki
  • St. Simon Stock
  • St. Teresa of Calcutta
  • St. Therese of Lisieux
  • St. Thomas Aquinas

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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 biographies of saints.
  • 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. Josemaria Escriva
  • St. Junipero Serra
  • St. Justin Martyr
  • St. Kateri Tekawitha
  • St. Mark the Evangelist
  • St. Mary of Egypt
  • St. Padre Pio
  • St. Paul Miki
  • St. Simon Stock
  • St. Teresa of Calcutta
  • St. Therese of Lisieux
  • St. Thomas Aquinas


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781622825103
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Publication date: 04/04/2019
Pages: 352
Sales rank: 478,831
Product dimensions: 8.20(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

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 origi

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 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 bel

Table of Contents

Saints in This Book xiv

Foreword xvii

Preface xix

Acknowledgments xx

Introduction 3

Sacred Days 4

January

St. Basil's Cake 11

January 2, St. Basil the Great

Cheesecake, New York Style 13

January 5, St. John Neumann

Saintly Meal: A Middle Eastern Menu 15

Fattoush, Mahshy Koronb, Koshari, Kunafa January 17, St. Anthony the Abbot

Duck Breast with Port Wine Sauce 25

January 24, St. Francis de Sales

Star-Shaped Cookies 27

January 28, St Thomas Aquinas

February

St. Brigid's Oatcakes 31

February 1, St. Brigid of Kildare

Silpancho 33

February 2, Our Lady of Copacabana

Saintly Meal: A Simple Japanese Meal 37

Oyako Donburi, Misoshiru, Inarizushi February 6, St. Paul Miki

Normandy Apple Tart 45

February 15, St. Claude de la Colombière

Green Vegetable Soup 49

February 20, Sts. Jacinta and Francisco Mario

March

Philadelphia Cheesesteak Sandwich 53

March 3, St. Katharine Drexel

Glapshot 55

March 10, St. John Ogilvie

Cottage Pie 57

March 17, St Patrick

Saintly Meal: A Hearty Italian Meal 61

Minestra di Lenticchic e Riso, Pasta con le Sarde, Mudrica di San Giuseppe, Bread Grosses, Zeppole di San Giuseppe, Struffoli March 19, St. Joseph

Basbousa 73

March 27, St. John of Egypt

April

Egyptian Yellow Lentil Soup 77

April 1, St. Mary of Egypt

Pork in Adobo 79

April 5, St. Vincent Ferrer

Polenta with Sausage and Artichoke Hearts 81

April 18, St. Apollonius

Cheddar Scones 83

April 21, St. Anselm of Canterbury

Saintly Meal: Vegetarian Lebanese Lunch 85

Mujaddara bi Fasoulia, Salat Baladi, Kishk el Foukara April 25, St. Mark the Evangelist

Italian Christmas Cake 93

April 29, St. Catherine of Siena

May

Stuffed Grape Leaves 97

May 3, St. Philip the Apostle

Carbonnade with Endive au Gratin 99

May 10, St. Damien of Molokai

Saintly Meal: A Farm Dinner 103

Bacon-Wrapped Beef Medallions, Portobello Mushroom Gravy, Garlic and Cheese Mashed Potatoes, Zucchini and Yellow Squash Piccata, Strawberries with Grème Fraîche May 15, St. Isidore the Farmer

Pork Chops with Apple-Mushroom Sauce 113

May 16, St. Simon Stock

Crêpes Cake 115

May 30, St. Joan of Arc

June

Zucchini Fritters 119

June 1, St. Justin Martyr

Syrian Beef Meatloaf 121

June 9, St Ephrem the Syrian

Minestrone 123

June 21, St. Aloysius Gonzaga

St. John the Baptist Honey Cake 125

June 24, St. John the Baptist

Saintly Meal: A Spanish Menu 127

Gazpacho, Paella, Crema Catalana, Strawberries with Sugar and Vinegar

June 26, St. Josemaría Escrivá

July

Jericalla 141

July 1, St. Junípero Serra

Cantonese Ginger Beef 143

July 9, St. Augustine Zhao Rong

Israeli Tahini Cookies 145

July 12, St. Veronica

Saintly Meal: A Native American Lunch 147

Anishinaabe Mandaaminaabo, Zhiiwaagamizigan Gibozigan Okosimaan, Gibozigan Bakwezhigan, Mishiimin Wishkobibakwezhigan July 14, St. Kateri Tekakwitha

Basque Lamb Stew 157

July 31, St. Ignatius of Loyola

August

Normandy Chicken 161

August 4, St. Jean-Marie Vianney

Rice with Chicken 163

August 10. St. Lawrence

Saintly Meal: Menu for a Greek Meal 165

Piperies me Ntomata Saltsa, Kotopoulo Scharas, Melitzanes Kourkouti, Halvas Simigdalenios August 11, St. Philomena

Sauerkraut Soup 175

August 14, St. Maximilian Kolbe

Tchakchouka 177

August 28, St. Augustine of Hippo

September

Albanian Lemon Butter Cookies 181

September 5, St. Teresa of Calcutta

Saintly Meal: A Colombian Menu 183

Arroz con Coco, Cartagena-Style Seafood with Coconut Milk, Enyucado September 9, St. Peter Claver

Korean Dumplings 193

September 20, St. Andrew Kim Taegon

Rose Petal Cookies 195

September 23, St. Padre Pio

Potato Cakes 197

September 27, St. Vincent de Paul

October

Heavenly Rose Petal Torte 201

October 1, St. Thérèse of Lisieux 201

Papal Cream Cake 205

October 5, St. Maria Faustina Kowalska

St. Teresa's Bread 209

October 15, St. Teresa of Avila

Chicken Slew with Colombian Fried and Stuffed Plantains 211

October 21, St. Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena

Saintly Meal: An Ethiopian Meal 215

Yebeg Alicha, Messer Wot, Ye'abesha Gomen Wat, Lab October 27, St. Frumentius

November

Saintly Meal: A Traditional Peruvian Meal 225

Papas a la Huancaina, Cevichc a la Peruana, Arroz con Leche

November 3, St. Martin de Porres

Brennan's Baked Apples 233

November 4, St. Charles Borromeo

Eggplant Kebab with Yogurt-Marinated Chicken 235

November 13, St. John Chrysostom

Hungarian Goulash Soup with Pinched Spaetzle 239

November 17, St. Elizabeth

Green Papaya Salad 243

November 24, St. Andrew Dung-Lac

December

Chicken Curry 247

December 3, St. Francis Xavier

Ancient Roman Honey Cake 249

December 7, St. Ambrose

Saintly Meal: A Mexican Feast 251

Arroz de mi Madre, Tostadas con Frijoles, Enchiladas de Queso con Chile Rojo, Guacamole, Pastel de Tres Leches

December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe

Israeli Bulgur, Walnut, and Fig Tabboulch 263

December 26, St. Stephen

Israeli Roasted Chicken in Pomegranate and Date Molasses 265

December 27, St. John the Evangelist

Celebratory Cookies

Saint Agnes Cookies 271

January 21, St. Agnes

Navettes 275

February 2, The Purification of Our Lady

St. Patrick's Day Pistachio Cookies 277

March 17, St. Patrick

Polish Filled Cookies 279

April 11, St. Stanislaus of Krakow

St. Isidore Shortbread Cookies 281

May 15, St. Isidore the Farmer

Turkish Semolina Cookies 283

June 21, St. Terence

French Madeleines 287

July 22, St. Mary Magdalene

Greek Lavender Cookies 289

August 3, St Lydia Purpuraria

Santa Clara Cookies 291

August 11, St. Clare

St. Helena Cookies with Marzipan 295

August 18, St. Helena

Swedish Vanilla Cookies 297

September 2, St. Ingrid of Sweden

Angel Wings 299

October 2, Guardian Angels

St. Francis of Assisi Cookies 301

October 4, St. Francis of Assisi

Scottish Shortbread Cookies 303

November 16, St. Margaret of Scotland

St. Catherine Cookies 305

November 25, St Catherine of Alexandria

St. Nicholas Cookies 307

December 6, St. Nicholas

Reflections on Food and Faith 309

Image Credits 313

Index 317

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