THE SECRETS OF JESUIT SOUPMAKING - A Year of Our Soups Brother Rick Curry has been a Jesuit for more than forty years. He has traveled the world, lived in many different communities, and prepared many, many pots of soup. This collection includes recipes for sixty of the most popular - everything from the exotic Roasted Red Pepter Soup to the classic Minestrone Milanese to the hearty Corn Chowder. But Brother Curry writes about a lot more than soup. He includes stories to savor about his life in the community of Jesuits: the people he's met; the meals he's enjoyed; and the daily practices of patience, reverence, humility, and care that go into making a good soup and a good life. - - - published by Penquin Compass THE SECRETS OF JESUIT BREADMAKING Bread baking has been a Jesuit tradition since the order was founded in 1534 by Ignatius Loyola, who begged bread for the poor. Now Brother Rick Curry, S.J., shares this rich tradition by offering eighty of the best recipes passed down among Jesuit Brothers from generation to generation, interwoven with Saint Ignatius's teachings about the spirituality inherent in simple everyday activities. This is a rare jewel of a book that combines practical how-to advice on making bread with wonderful insights on bread baking as a profoundly satisfying and soulful exercise. Gathered from Jesuit Brothers around the globe, the recipes include Brother Bondera's Italian Easter Bread, Irish Soda Bread, Cinnamon Raisin Walnut Bread, St. Peter Canisius's Stollen, Holy Thursday Apple Bread, and Spy Wednesday Biscuits. Incorporated into the bread baking techniques are Curry's meditations on the links between bread baking and spirituality. A charming collection of mealtime graces, brief commentaries on ancient lessons from the Jesuit rule, and amusing anecdotes about the bakers themselves complement the recipes and make this book a spiritually and nutritionally satisfying read. - - - published by Harper Collins Proceeds from both books go to the National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped, of which Brother Rick Curry is the founder and artistic director, as well as an actor, a teacher, and a master breadmaker and soupmaker. Autographed "Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking" $18.95 Autographed "The Secrets of Jesuit Soupmaking" $18.00 TO ORDER BY PHONE — CALL TOLL FREE: 1-800-618-6622 ALL PROFITS GO TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE WORKSHOP OF THE HANDICAPPED (NTWH)