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Caring for others and giving them comfort has always been an important drive for me,” said Father Paul Dumais, “and food is an excellent way to make that happen.”
Born and raised a Baptist, Ben Miller entered the Catholic Church after his second of nine children was born.
“I ask St. Martha to work her charm and leave it at that,” she says.
After a lifetime of shunning pork and bacon, when I became a Christian it was only a matter of time before I would have to see what all the fuss was about.
“I do cooking classes so that people get in touch with the earth and its goodness,” says Sister Leslie
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“A friend once said to me, ‘Food is love,’ and I love learning about people’s food stories.”
God is in charge and led me in my study of becoming an herbalist.”
The patron saint of Italy had a special weakness for mostaccioli, traditional dry biscuits that Italians still cook every Oct. 4 as a tribute to the famous stigmatist saint.
After the completion of his Vatican assignment, Msgr. Nalty moved back to New Orleans in 2008, and lives in a parish near the best New Orleans restaurants.
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