The women in God's kitchen : cooking, eating, and spiritual writing / Cristina Mazzoni.
"Cristina Mazzoni savors the food writings and images of a broad spectrum of Catholic saints and holy women. A native of Italy and a splendid cook herself. Mazzoni accords due attention to her fellow countrywomen, as well she should given the importance of Italian cookery (Catherine of Genoa, A...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Continuum,
2005.
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| Summary: | "Cristina Mazzoni savors the food writings and images of a broad spectrum of Catholic saints and holy women. A native of Italy and a splendid cook herself. Mazzoni accords due attention to her fellow countrywomen, as well she should given the importance of Italian cookery (Catherine of Genoa, Angela of Foligno, Gemma Galgani), but includes numerous other holy women and their cuisines as well: Germany (Hildegard of Bingen, Elisabeth of Schonau, and Margaret Ebner), France (Margaret Mary Alacoque, Therese of Lisieux), Spain (Teresa of Avila), colonial South America (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz), England (Margery Kempe), and even the United States (Elizabeth Ann Seton, who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church)."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 222 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0826417604 9780826417602 |