Category Archives: Liturgical Year
Saint Nicholas Cookie Cutters!
Today is the feast of Saint Nicholas, today known as Santa Claus. This is the same Saint Nicholas who boxed the ears of Arius at the Council of Nicaea. Which is way cooler than the modern “lump of coal” nonsense … Continue reading
Lentil Soup
Lentil soup is the shining gem among refuse of my Lenten quest for meat-less recipes. It is delicious. Better tasting that my version with chicken stock. And it’s all thanks to a tip that mutated into a major component of … Continue reading
Soft Pretzels
It’s Lent, and that means it’s pretzel season. I’ve never particularly liked soft pretzels enough to bake them more than once before, and the recipe I tried years ago was terrible, they were hard and a terrible exercise in chewing. … Continue reading
Lent
We’ve given up meat for Lent this year. This is rather harsh, it turns out that I have very few recipes for meatless or fish dishes. I’m going to treat this as a culinary challenge though! It will be… Fun. … Continue reading
Filed under Lent
Spanakopita
Well, Valentine’s Day was a success. While the baklava was a previously known quantity and it’s practically impossible to mess up grilling skewered meat, I had two new dishes: spanakopita and Ms. Humble’s saganaki. The saganaki was… okay. We used … Continue reading
Filed under Appetizers, Lent
