From Saint Hildegard's Kitchen (Jany Fournier-Rosset) - Paperback

The 12th-century Benedictine Abbess Hildegard of Bingen was blessed with an astonishing array of talents.  She was, among other things, a mystic, naturalist, visionary, and composer.  Hildegard was also granted, by means of heavenly visions, in-depth knowledge about human nutrition.  She believed foods of joy revitalized us and helped preserve good health in every sphere--physical, spiritual, and psychological.  Now, famed French chef Jany Fournier-Rosset has mined from Hildegard's writings a collection of tasty recipes--everything from simple jams to chestnut souffle, from spiced wine to Tunisian ratatouille. 

The book contains a measurement conversion table, cooking terms, special bread-making instructions, lists of ingredients with definitions, sources for rare ingredients used in the recipes, and an index.  Readers will also find a brief biography of Hildegard and table graces from Saint Benedict and others.  From Saint Hildegard's Kitchen: Foods of Health, Foods of Joy focuses on good health and vegetables and herbs from the garden.

• Author:  Jany Fourner-Rosset
• Format:  224 pages, paperback
  
• Publisher:  Liguori Publications (2010)
  
• ISBN:  9780764819513