My fun find of the day!

[Michie]

Just went to the Emmaus Rescue Mission and ran across this!

I will have fun trying these soups.

 

[BrAndreyu]

I think that my mom might have this book, the cover looks really familiar.

 

[pdudgeon]

Just went to the Emmaus Rescue Mission and ran across this!

View attachment 303345

I will have fun trying these soups.

That looks interesting!!

 

[Michie]

That looks interesting!!

I can’t wait to try the different soups in this book. I love making soups.

 

[Michie]

Been looking Brother Victor up. I’m going to be looking for more of his books.

Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette Cookbooks, Recipes and Biography | Eat Your Books

 

[Gnarwhal]

Just went to the Emmaus Rescue Mission and ran across this!

View attachment 303345

I will have fun trying these soups.

You're going to have a great winter now because of that.

 

[Michie]

You're going to have a great winter now because of that.

Indeed! So much fun! I love to make soups. Hubby calls me the soup queen! Lol!

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

Been looking Brother Victor up. I’m going to be looking for more of his books.

Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette Cookbooks, Recipes and Biography | Eat Your Books

Your going to have to share some recipes.

 

[Michie]

Your going to have to share some recipes.

Will do!

 

[Michie]

This is my Mom's neighbor, Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette . a Benedictine monk, living in the Hudson Valley for something like 40 + years. Beautiful portrait of him by Francesco Mastalia.

Originally from Pau, France, Brother Victor moved to New York City in the early sixties. He moved up to the Hudson Valley and built Our Lady of the Resurrection Monastery * with his fellow monks.

Benedictine Monks live off what the land provides, what the world offers. There is no retirement, no pension. Their days are spent in prayer and work. Each monastery must provide for itself. These days, while sometimes having student intern and help with care for the animals, Brother Victor is the monastery's only permanent resident.

Brother Victor is also a world renowned cookbook writer. Published in some 14 languages, "From a Monastery Kitchen" is a wonderful collection of his very personal experience with seasonal recipes and life philosophy. There are fifteen other titles which he has written : Soups, Salads, Spirituality, Christmas meals, special meals... all of which you can order here!

Continued below.
Cooking and Looking Paris ! : Thank You Brother Victor, Benedictine Monk, Master Vinegar Maker

 

[Michie]

So I was going through the recipes yesterday. Seems like a good time to give it a go. Thinking of trying one this weekend. Still have not decided which one. But with the garden coming on I might as well take advantage of it.

 

[Anhelyna]

That makes a lot of sense Michie, make sure you let us know how it turns out

 

[Michie]

That makes a lot of sense Michie, make sure you let us know how it turns out

Definitely will. I’ll post pics too.

 

[BrAndreyu]

But with the garden coming on I might as well take advantage of it.

I would for that reason alone. Eating the food you grow is the most satisfying thing in the world. I remember one Christmas we made a green bean casserole with beans that I had grown in an old recycling bin and I felt like a million bucks as a result. Then the next summer, I grew okra in that same recycling bin and fried it up.

If you're going to grow vegetables in Florida, you have to do it in a container with purchased soil because there are too many pests and nematodes in the sandy, natural soil that will ruin it for you.

 

[Michie]

I would for that reason alone. Eating the food you grow is the most satisfying thing in the world. I remember one Christmas we made a green bean casserole with beans that I had grown in an old recycling bin and I felt like a million bucks as a result. Then the next summer, I grew okra in that same recycling bin and fried it up.

If you're going to grow vegetables in Florida, you have to do it in a container with purchased soil because there are too many pests and nematodes in the sandy, natural soil that will ruin it for you.

I love eating the things we produce. Buying from the grocery has awful produce compared to growing your own.