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Finding God in All Things, Including the Kitchen
The Culinary Arts and Prayer: Finding God in the Kitchen For me food and faith go together like peanut butter and chocolate. That’s what The Catholic Foodie is all about. After all, it is “where food...
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#NOLAChefsAid for the Philippines Needs YOUR Help!
New Orleans Chefs to Cook Up Food, Fun and Philanthropy to Benefit the Philippines – Tomorrow Night! Last week I published an article about an exciting culinary event in New Orleans that aims to raise...
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7 Tools to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick
Originally published in Our Sunday Visitor on December 26, 2012, I have updated these subversive “secret weapons” to help your 2014 New Year’s resolutions actually stick this time… You’re welcome. New...
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Chef John Besh: Cooking from the Heart
Chef John Besh Releases New Cookbook: Cooking from the Heart Just before Christmas I wrote an article about the new Besh Box initiative that Chef John Besh launched in November. The Besh Box is...
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The WOW Effect of Pizza: Pizza Man of Covington
The Dream Interview: On-Location at Pizza Man of Covington I’m just a kid, really. A kid that loves handmade pizzas from one-of-a-kind pizza parlors, the kind of pizza parlors that are local and owned...
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St. Joseph and the Italian Feast Day #BeshBox
Happy St. Joseph’s Day! Today is the feast day of St. Joseph. Actually, it is called a Solemnity by the Church, which puts it on par with all the great feast days of the Church, including Christmas....
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This Good Friday Help Christians Stay in the Holy Land
On Good Friday the Church Gives Us an Opportunity to Help Christians Stay in the Holy Land You may know that I recently led the first-ever “Food Meets Faith” pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and that I...
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Moms’ Night Out Movie Opens Today!
MOMS’ NIGHT OUT: A Laugh-Out-Loud Look at Moms, Dads, Kids, Love and Marriage MOMS’ NIGHT OUT is a laugh-out-loud look at moms, dads, kids, love and marriage that hits theaters nationwide today. It...
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Greek Festival New Orleans… Celebrating 150 Years of the Greek Orthodox...
It’s Greek Fest Time Again in New Orleans It’s my favorite time of year! I love the annual Greek Festival held at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral every Memorial Day weekend, and I love it for many...
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A Culinary Tour of New Orleans
A culinary tour of New Orleans? Yes. That’s what I called my plan for my son’s 15th birthday, which was on Wednesday. “We are going on a culinary tour of New Orleans,” I announced to the family. There...
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Tomorrow, November 18, 2014, is “Grace of Yes Day!”
My friend Lisa Hendey’s new book is making quite a splash. And for good reason. Lisa M. Hendey is a popular Catholic author, blogger, speaker, and the founder of CatholicMom.com, one of my favorite...
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#GraceOfYesDay: Saying “Yes” to God
My wife and I met in a bar. True, the bar was inside of a seafood restaurant, but it was still a bar. Drusilla Seafood in Baton Rouge. She was a waitress and I was a bartender. And I fell in love with...
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New Book from CatholicMom.com Encourages Daily Morning Prayer with the Gospels
Looking for joy in 2015? Begin each day of the year with As Morning Breaks: Daily Gospel Reflections, a new ebook just released by Lisa M. Hendey and CatholicMom.com. This book was written in...
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Dinner at Cochon Butcher in New Orleans [in Photos]
Over the last few years, I have heard so many awesome things about Chef Donald Link’s Cochon and Butcher, which are right next to each other in the Warehouse District of New Orleans. As a matter of...
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Best Cook Book
“I just received this amazing cookbook for Christmas! Tim and I could not stop looking through the beautifully illustrated book – filled with tantalizing recipes! Inspired , creative, healthy recipes...
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Trending in 2015: Middle Eastern Cuisine
Have you heard the news? According to FoodBeast (at foodbeast.com), Middle Eastern cuisine is one of the top food trends of 2015. I’m not surprised. As I mentioned in my own Middle Eastern cookbook...
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Five Years in Heaven – An Interview with Author John Schlimm
As I mentioned in my last post, I had the privilege of interviewing author John Schlimm about his new book Five Years in Heaven last week. The book hits the shelves on May 5th. I received an advanced...
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Sarah Vabulas, The Catholic Drinkie, on The Catholic Foodie Show
My friend Sarah Vabulas – also known as The Catholic Drinkie – joins me today on The Catholic Foodie Show. As you can imagine, we talk about beer and cocktails. Sarah even gives us her recipe for an...
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Red’s Chinese: Not Your Mama’s Chinese Takeout
We finally made it. After hearing rave reviews from our parochial vicar Fr. Peter Finney, and seeing pics and comments from Chef John Besh on Twitter (on more than one occasion!), and seeing write-ups...
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Amazing Review of “Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern...
I was scrolling through GoodReads yesterday and I came across this awesome review of my book, Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern Cuisine. It’s from January. Can’t believe I’m...
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New Catholic Media Outlet to Focus on Relational Evangelization
Real Life Radio, a US based Catholic media organization, has launched a new network of original programs delivered via mobile streaming apps. The new network features programs from established...
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New Orleans Greek Fest 2015 Recap in Photos
Once again we passed a good time at Greek Fest in New Orleans. The weather was perfect. Cool breezes made it enjoyable to spend the entire weekend at the Greek Fest on Bayou St. John in New Orleans....
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Special Today on New Book on the Hail Mary Prayer!
I’m happy to share this awesome news with you! It was such a blessing to be invited by Sarah Reinhard to participate in this project, and I am excited that the book is soon to be released! And today...
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Harness the Power of Lentils to Creatively Lunch All Week at Work
Lentils amaze me. Tiny little things. But, boy, do they pack a punch. In both nutrition and flavor. I have already shared a number of lentil recipes here at CatholicFoodie.com. As a matter of fact, I...
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The Vatican Christmas Cookbook
If you are looking for a Christmas gift for the foodie in your life (or maybe for yourself?), I have a unique recommendation for you. I recently received a copy of The Vatican Christmas Cookbook, and...
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