Sacred Feasts: From a Monastery Kitchen [Hardcover]

Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2009

This book of seasonal cooking provides a backdrop of celebrating sacred feasts of the year from a monastery kitchen to your kitchen--using recipes from Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette.

Brother Victor-Antoine is the best-selling author of several cookbooks from his monastery kitchen. Sacred Feasts focuses on using seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables to create inexpensive, delicious, healthy, and beautiful vegetarian dishes to delight your family and friends. Recipes include simple and savory desserts, main dishes, and of course, entire meals to help celebrate feast days, family get-togethers, and to make even the most ordinary day special.

This is the perfect recipe book for everyone who loves to cook and to use affordable, fresh, wholesome in-season fruits and vegetables that will please everyone!

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About the Author

Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette is resident monk at Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery near Millbrook, New York, a monastery that lives under the rule of St. Benedict. There he cooks and tends the garden that supplies both the monastery and the local farmers' market.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Liguori Publications (October 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764818627
• ISBN-13: 978-0764818622
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #655,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the Best!, October 18, 2009

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Linda Lee (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sacred Feasts: From a Monastery Kitchen (Hardcover)

I have several books by the same author so I was keen to add this one to my library. This book differs from its predecessors by including some comments/musings/reminiscences which I enjoyed reading. I liked the idea of a recipe collection built around feast days so that when you want to make something special you can go to this book as a good resource. I also noticed that the author has cut down on the amount of fat in his recipes! I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to people who like cooking and eating good fresh food and want to eat well on special occasions as well as everyday.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Garlic Cream Soup advise, January 12, 2010

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D. Meister (Missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sacred Feasts: From a Monastery Kitchen (Hardcover)

As the editor of Brother Victor's newest cookbook, Sacred Feasts, I am delighted to know that so many people are enjoying his reflections and the wonderful recipes from his monastery kitchen. In response to the reader from Portland, Oregon, who comments on the Garlic Cream Soup, I'd like to offer Brother Victor's revised recipe which may help all the garlic fans create this culinary masterpiece.
GARLIC CREAM SOUP (German Style)
6 servings

1'2 stick of butter
3 large onions, peeled and coarsely chopped
6 tender celery stalks, thinly sliced
2 medium garlic bulbs, peeled and chopped
2 cups water
2 cups milk
1 cup cream or half-and-half
Salt and white pepper

Melt butter in a good-size saucepan and sauté vegetables for 3 to 4 minutes
over low heat.
Stir continuously. Add water, milk, and cream. Simmer gently
over low heat for 12 to 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and allow to
cool. Purée soup in a blender or with an electric hand mixer. Reheat and
serve hot.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bon Appetit! Garden Fresh Recipes for Body and Soul!, December 14, 2009

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Pamela B. Brown "Pam Brown" (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sacred Feasts: From a Monastery Kitchen (Hardcover)

Haven't tried all of the recipes--but already have a few favorites. My entire family loves a Complete Spring Salad (p73) with asparagus, potatoes (sliced), hard-boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes and olives (I prefer green--but my nephews love black olives)--accompanied by a rosemary-scented vinagrette. Not only is it wonderful with these fresh ingredients, but it is pleasing to the eye when you serve it in a glass (or milkglass) bowl! Also the salsa--garden fresh ingredients....sure to please everyone! Recipes are seasonal with cheery introductions, feasts of saints and other celebrations, and insights into the monastic life! A recipe for a 4-course Christmas dinner tops off a delightful book--complete with a sampling of recipes for desserts, fruits, soups and breads sure to send you to the garden, the farmers' market and your kitchen. This hardcover book makes a thoughtful and inspiring gift complete with the personal thoughts of Brother Victor-Antoine--who has been featured on Food Network and reviewed by Gourmet magazine. Enjoy!