Around the Catholic Table: 100+ Simple Recipes for Family and Friends by Emily Stimpson Chapman

Emily Stimpson Chapman knows about hospitality. She has seen its power to build community, stave off loneliness, and fill homes with joy. But she knows, too, that many are intimidated by the challenges of hospitality: budgets, babies, or busyness, to name just a few. In Around the Catholic Table: 100+ Simple Recipes for Family and Friends, Chapman helps you overcome common barriers to hospitality by providing useful tips as well as profound insights (and lots of delicious recipes) to make opening your home to others a joy. Around the Catholic Table features: Simple, crowd-pleasing recipes with options to accommodate special diets and food allergies Brunch, salads, soups, entrées, sides, and desserts for everyday and special occasions More than a dozen thirty-minute meals for putting food on the table fast Appetizer and cocktail recipes to make hosting smaller gatherings easy (and delicious) A special chapter on risotto, along with a primer on preparing it to perfection—even for a crowd And ten essays that shed light on the practical aspects of hospitality as well as its spiritual meaning Read more

From the Publisher Emily Wilson Hussem, Speaker and author of Sincerely, Stoneheart "Emily's heart for hospitality shines magnificently in these pages and recipes. if you, like me, are tired of combing through and piecing together dozens of online recipes to try to make fabulous food, this cookbook will be your friend in the kitchen for years to come." Danielle Bean, Author, speaker, and host of Girlfriends: A Podcast for Catholic Women "Around the Catholic Table is far more than a collection of recipes (though the food is divine) ––it's also a testament to the power of hospitality." Mari Wagner, Founder of West Coast Catholic "When biological parenthood wasn't possible, Emily and her husband chose to bear life around their table––welcoming others in, creating community, and making room for joy, sorrow, and everything in between. Rooted in a deeply Catholic understanding of the home as a domestic church, this book reminds us that holiness can be lived out with simple meals, full tables, and open doors."