From a Monastery Kitchen (Hardcover)

~ Victor D'Avila-Latourrette (Author)

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Product Description

When first published over twenty years ago, FROM A MONASTERY KITCHEN became an instant classic of monastic cookery, admired over the centuries for its emphasis on simplicity, wholesomeness, good taste, and its use of Nature's seasons as a source for many ingredients.
Now newly revised and expanded, Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette, author of the best seller, Twelve Months of Monastery Soups, has developed more outstanding recipes that will appeal to all those who desire a healthy, all-natural, and always delicious diet.
Enhancing the pleasure of the recipes themselves are charming words and quotes that make this book a treasure for both palate and spirit.
"For this monk, preparing food is prayer."
-GOURMET Magazine

About the Author

Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette is a resident monk at Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery, a monastery that lives under the Rule of Saint Benedict and is located near Millbrook, New York. In addition to his duties as a cook, he tends the garden that produces food both for the monastic table and also for the local farmers' market, where is is sold for monastery support. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy (March 7, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517206390
• ISBN-13: 978-0517206393
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #302,223 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious recipes for a simple life, August 19, 2000

By	M. J. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

From a Monastery Kitchen is a cookbook of natural foods, "natural foods" in the sense of simple, vegetarian foods. The cookbook is divided into the four seasons with recipes assigned to the season their ingrediants are most available. Within each season, there are four sections: (1) Soups and appetizers (2) Main dishes (3) Salads and (4) Desserts. The volume is peppered with quotations, line drawings and other delightful tidbits.

To give you a flavor of the variety of recipes presented: for Autumn we have Escarole Soup, Vegetable Fritters, Saint Hubert Fish Stew, Risotto, Eggplant Omelette, Kasha Salad, Bessarian Avocado Salad, Saint Bruno's Coffee Cream, Cold Spring Rice Pudding, Quick Apple Cake. The recipes are simple to follow, simple to make, and simply wonderful to eat.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yum yum yum!, February 4, 2004

By	A. Morgan (NYC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Variety, simplicity and the lovely stories that go with many of the recipies make this book a wonderful addition as well as a wonderful gift. These soups are great by themselves, and they are also easy to modify- add a little here, a little there to make them all time favorites! I highly recommend this book for the experienced and not so experienced cook.

33 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FOR THOSE LONGING FOR A MORE SIMPLISTIC LIFE-READ!!!, May 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: From a Monastery Kitchen (Hardcover)

I am inspired by the monks' dedication to preserving the simple way of life, and challenged to find my own solitude within these recipies. My family is excited to sample new fare, and will be blessed by the healthy benefits from vegetarian monastic cooking.