Secrets of Jesuit Soupmaking or Biker Billys Hog Wild on a Harley Cookbook

Secrets of Jesuit Soupmaking: A Year of Soups

Author: Rick Curry

In his early years as a novice, Brother Rick Curry learned that the quickest route to popularity among his peers was to master the art of cooking. Soup is one of the staple foods in a Jesuit community, and there is almost always a pot simmering on the stove. In more than forty years as a Jesuit brother, Brother Curry has traveled the world, lived in many different communities, and prepared many, many pots of soup. This collection includes recipes for sixty of his most popular soups-everything from an exotic Roasted Red Pepper Soup to the classic Minestrone Milanese to a hearty Corn Chowder, from a relatively simple chicken soup to the more complex Mussels Soup Billy-bi. But Brother Curry writes about a great deal 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.

Library Journal

Brother Curry's second cookbook is a natural companion volume to his first, The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking. He presents 60 recipes for soups from a variety of cuisines, both simple and more elaborate. But the recipes are only part of the book, as Curry introduces each one with mini-essays whose subjects range from theological questions to religious history to his own 40-plus years of experience in the Jesuit community. A cookbook that intersperses recipes w0not appeal to everyone, but Curry, who is also the founder and director of the National Theater Workshop of the Handicapped, is a natural storyteller, and his text is very readable. For larger collections and others where the first book was popular. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Interesting book:

Biker Billy's Hog Wild on a Harley Cookbook: 200 Fiercely Flavorful Recipes to Kick-Start Your Home Cooking from Harley Riders Across the USA

Author: Bill Hufnagl

The official motto of Harley-Davidson riders may be "Live to Ride and Ride to Live," but their unofficial motto is "Eat to Ride and Ride to Eat." In honor of the 100th anniversary of Harley-Davidson, Biker Billy has collected 200 righteous recipes from H.O.G. (Harley Owners Group) members and Harley enthusiasts from sea to shining sea whose close-second passion is a fantastic, stick-to-your-ribs meal. Only here will you find Spanky's Chuckster-Style Chicken Chili, Penne with Crankcase Vodka Sauce, Dragon Fire Steak, and Doug's Hot-Bottom Sweet Potato Pie. This is torqued-up-tasty food from adventure-loving riders!

Publishers Weekly

The typical Harley-Davidson owner, according to a recent New York Times article, is 45 years old with an average income of $78,300. Why such a person would be interested in Milwaukee Proud Beer and Cheese Soup, or the frozen peas in Crankcase Curry, is just part of the Biker Billy mystery. The other part is how Hufnagle (Cooks with Fire; Freeway-a-Fire) has managed to find enough uses for jalape$os, tomato sauce and kidney beans to generate this third volume of his gourmand-on-wheels series. Actually, many of the 200 recipes are borrowed from fellow motorcycle addicts from across the country. Lisa's Day-Long Muffin is an energy pack of banana, nuts, brown sugar and chocolate chips. Alternatively, Dena Sheet's Fiery Breakfast Burritos, stuffed with pork, peppers and cheddar, is a gas in every sense of the word. Hog mavens are evidently drawn to pork as further exemplified by Chris File's Ragin' Cajun Pork Roast, which is layered with Tasso Ham and Jalape$o Pepper Jack Cheese before cooking in a Dutch Oven. Chili, of course, earns a chapter of its own and while none of the 14 versions break new ground, readers are at least given the verbatim (albeit unappetizing) instructions of Bruce Peterson for his Emergency Chili: "Drain the grease.... If you strain it through a sock... you can lube the wheel bearings on yer ol' lady's grocery wagon with it." The 55 photographs are of choppers, and anyone turning to the Resources appendix in hope of locating a supplier of hot peppers will find instead the phone number of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio. (Apr.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	viii
	Preface	xii
	Introduction: A Tale of My Hunger for the Road	xv
	Rise and Ride: Breakfast	1
	Dangerous Curves: Drinks	11
	Kick-Starters: Appetizers	19
	Speed Bumps: Dips and Salsas	33
	Rest Area: Breads	51
	Mowing Ahead: Salads	65
	Slippery Pavement: Soups	83
	Construction Zone: Wraps, Fajitas, and More	95
	Passing Zone: Pastas	105
	Big Wheels Turning: Savory Pies	129
	Bridge Freezes Before Road: Chili	143
	Toll Roads: Main Dishes	169
	Service Roads: Side Dishes	223
	Pavement Ends: Desserts	247
	Extra Parts: Useful Little Recipes	283
	Resources	295
	Index	305