Cookbooks

Catherine Mandell

This balanced and helpful book was born out of the author's nearly decade-long quest to attain a rule of fasting for her family in accordance with the traditional Orthodox Christian discipline. Her goal was not only abstention from meat during lenten seasons, but also abstention from dairy products, and from oils on the strictest of fast days. The resultant 200 recipes provide a variety of easy, nourishing, and appealing meals. Sprinkled among the delicious recipes are sayings from the Mothers and Fathers of the early Church regarding how the body and soul are affected by eating habits-pithy illuminations to accompany the appetizing recipes.

A foreword and afterword by two Orthodox Christian priests provide excellent explanations for the underlying principles and effects of fasting.

Special features-

• How to stock a lenten pantry
• Recipes for breads, spreads, sandwiches, soups, salads, main dishes, fish, shellfish, desserts
• Dairy-free recipes
• Recipes with and without oil
• Dozens of variations for the recipes
• Homespun introductions to each section
• Helpful notes from the author
• Brief but forceful sayings from Holy Scripture and the saints
• Guidelines for fasting in accordance with the Orthodox Christian tradition

TWO-COLOR TEXT WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

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This 352-page hardbound book includes recipes for everything from spinach pie (spanakopita) to cookie twists (koulourakia), meatballs (keftethes), Easter bread (tsourekia) and roasted vegetables (briami), as well as an ingredient list so you can make enough baklava to feed a festival of 10,000. In addition to recipes for appetizers, pita, pasta, pilaf, and poultry, the book also includes recipes from several local restaurants. The book features 78 Lenten dishes prepared without dairy or meat products, Greek translations for all recipe titles, personal notes from each contributor, and a special section on faith and tradition.

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A melange of tradition and family recipes from Greece and other countries embracing the Eastern Orthodox faith, including Ethiopian, Lebanese, Serbian, Russian and Armenian recipes. Includes recipes for traditional and ceremonial foods as well as general areas covering common techniques, appetizers, soups, salads, cheese dishes, seafood, poultry and meats, sauces, vegetable prep, breads, deserts and preserves, and information about ethnic spirits and cheeses. If you are looking for new hits for pan-orthodox potlucks, this is the place to look.