Drinking with the Saints
The Sinner's Guide to a Holy Happy Hour
Published on 4. May 2015
487 pages
978-1-62157-383-8 (ISBN)
Description
Raise Your Spirits and Toast the Saints
Recipe for a liturgically correct cocktail: mix Bartender's Guide and Lives of the Saints, shake well, garnish with good cheer. Drinking with the Saintsis a concoction that both sinner and saint will savor.
Michael Foley offers the faithful drinker witty and imaginative instruction on the appropriate libations for the seasons, feasts, and saints' days of the Church year.
· A guide to wine, beer, and spirits, including 38 original cocktails
· Lively sketches of scores of saints, from the popular to the obscure
· Tips on giving the perfect toast and on mixing the perfect drink
· Even includes drinks for Lent!
Recipe for a liturgically correct cocktail: mix Bartender's Guide and Lives of the Saints, shake well, garnish with good cheer. Drinking with the Saintsis a concoction that both sinner and saint will savor.
Michael Foley offers the faithful drinker witty and imaginative instruction on the appropriate libations for the seasons, feasts, and saints' days of the Church year.
· A guide to wine, beer, and spirits, including 38 original cocktails
· Lively sketches of scores of saints, from the popular to the obscure
· Tips on giving the perfect toast and on mixing the perfect drink
· Even includes drinks for Lent!
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Michael P.Foley
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: How to Use This Book, How to Mix, And How to Toast
- Part I: The Feasts of the Saints
- 1. January Saints
- 2. February Saints
- 3. March Saints
- 4. April Saints
- 5. May Saints
- 6. June Saints
- 7. July Saints
- 8. August Saints
- 9. September Saints
- 10. October Saints
- 11. November Saints
- 12. December Saints
- Part II: The Liturgical Seasons
- 13. Advent
- 14. The Twelve Days of Christmas
- 15. Epiphany and the Time Thereafter
- 16. Pre-Lent or Carnival
- 17. Lent and Eastertide
- 18. Pentecost and the Time Thereafter
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix I: Reference Guide to the Post-Vatican II Calendar
- Appendix II: Glossary of Alcohol-Related Terms
- Works Consulted
- List of Illustrations
- Index: Holy Days in Alphabetical Order
- Index: Beverages in Alphabetical Order
