View Orthodox Lenten Meals Segment on PBSs Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
15/4/2011
YONKERS, NY [SVOTS/OCA] Catherine Mandell, author of When You Fast: Recipes for Lenten Seasons, a cookbook published by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press (2005), made national news recently when she appeared on the popular PBS program “Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.” In a segment titled “Orthodox Lenten Meals,” hosted by Bob Abernathy and aired April 910, 2011, Ms. Mandell shared with her audience not only the fasting rules and regulations but also the ethos underlying them. A podcast of the show and the printed interview may be viewed here.
Expressing the joy associated with the season of Great Lent, Ms. Mandell presented the spiritual benefits of fasting, and commented upon practical works that normally accompany fasting, such as almsgiving and refraining from gossip. She also described her initial attempts at keeping a strict fast, and her continuing expertise in cooking proper foods for lenten periods.
Ms. Mandell’s decade-long quest to attain a rule of fasting in accordance with the traditional Orthodox Christian discipline resulted in her cookbook, When You Fast. The PBS interview featured the Mandell family at their Clearfield, Pennsylvania dinner table, partaking of the lenten foods featured in Ms. Mandell’s cookbook. When You Fast: Recipes for Lenten Seasons may be ordered through SVS Press and Bookstore.
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