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I don’t think it would be really right to turn Dr. Steenberg excellent site into a cookbook. I have some of our recipes in a separate file and will be happy to send them on to anyone interested, just email me and let me know if you’re looking for something specific (Fr. Raphael, I've sent them to you already). We’ve been approached several times by people asking for a cookbook, so perhaps this is a good way to see if there’s enough interest and a real market out there. Another point to remember is that monastery kitchens rarely have very exact recipes, especially if one has a large kitchen garden and is dependent on what comes along during the gardening season. Also, great effort is made not to waste anything and to use up any leftovers. You have to be very flexible. To anyone really interested in this type of cooking I would recommend the series of “From a Monastery Kitchen” cookbooks put out by Br. Victor-Antoine d’Avila-Latourrette, of a Benedictine monastery in upstate New York. The recipes are vegetarian, many of them are fasting, and they’re quite simple and flexible. Catherine and others, I'll write a little about our feast where I posted the original message. There are a few photos posted on the ROCOR web site. with love in Christ, sinful m. evf.