Sister Irene's Culinary Journal: A Notebook Filled With Love, Faith, and Recipes Gathered over Many Blessed Years of Cooking, Serving, and Caring

By Irene Psathas and Sister Psathas Irene

Publisher Paraclete Press (MA) (October 1, 1998) Language English ISBN-10 155725205X ISBN-13 978-1557252050 Product Dimensions 9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight 1.4 pounds 222 pages This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155725205X
• ISBN13: 9781557252050
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An Appealing, Mouth-Watering Read!

Recipes for cream of butternut squash soup and avgolemono (Greek egg-lemon soup), Swiss omelet roll with mustard sauce, bahmi goreng (Indonesian pork), spring stuffed chicken breasts, roast rack of lamb with walnut crust and pear-bourbon sauce, toasted coconut souffle with chocolate rum sauce, Cape Cod cranberry cheesecake and other mouth-watering dishes are offered, a few pages at a time, following each few pages of Sister Irene's light, appealing personal reminiscences. Through the index, readers can locate individual recipes under type (e.g., salads) and major ingredient (e.g., turkey). Although the ingredients in sauces were chosen to enhance the flavors of specific foods, yet this reviewer supposes it possible for cooks to vary these ingredients to suit individual tastes. Besides opening a window for us on her Greek heritage, Sister Irene explains the use of various foods by the Orleans, Cod Cod (Massachusetts), inter-denominational co-educational community where she resides. We read of the planting and picking of beans and berries, the first presentation of a particular dish by a beloved resident, the sandwiches and desserts favored by members of the public flocking to the community's summer afternoon harbourside teas, as well as of local mission work and the community's symposium for choirmasters and organists. A note explains that the Community of Jesus is dedicated to "the transformation of individual lives through a way of life centered on God." Readers of any faith, or of no faith, may be as fascinated as I was by this book, by the creative-sounding recipes, and by the atmosphere created or transmitted by its author. My only reason for awarding four stars instead of five is that I have not personally tried the recipes. I am more a reader, far less cook!