Elizabeth Scalia
Attempting, yesterday, to make a Vegan snack/dessert sort of thing, I found some carrot cake mix in my pantry, and a 15 ounce can of pumpkin puree. I love pumpkin, and thought mixing the two would be a nice idea — add some pumpkin pie spice, some cinnamon (maybe some walnuts) — it would omit [...]
REPOSTED FROM November 2006, captured thanks to Wayback Machine: Okay, instead of working, I wrote up the Thanksgiving menu, and since we’re having Many Appetizers (I married an Italian!) and Tortellini Soup (I talked him out of Lasagna) Turkey, Ham, Granny’s Sausage Stuffing (egad…so good), a gazillion vegetables, sweet potato pie and fruit, I thought [...]
Today is the feast of Saint Joseph, and there are lots of good pieces around, discussing the great husband of Mary and step-father of Jesus. There are a lot of Joseph’s in New York. In our family we have Joe, Joseph, Joey, and so forth, and they’re all gleefully awaiting supper, so they can enjoy [...]
For the last few years, Ace O’ Spades’ Gabriel Malor and I have made a point of exchanging recipes just before Thanksgiving — it’s a fun little way of finding something new to bring to the table. This year, Gabriel is offering a quick-and-easy recipe for Spiced Nuts, which he declares is something that can [...]
A while back, I mentioned on twitter that I was making a “Mexican Meat Loaf” recipe of my own design. Requests for the recipe came fast and furious and some are still asking for it, three months later. The problem is, since it’s just something I throw together, I really don’t have measurements for you. [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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