Bumping Into God in the Kitchen

Bumping Into God in the Kitchen: Savory Stories of Food, Family, and Faith by Father Dominic Grassi.

Not every author can tastefully combine topics like God's unconditional love and tomato sauce, but Fr. Dominic Grassi has managed to do so with aplomb. All of his literacy, culinary, and pastoral talents are on display in this collection of entertaining and inspiring stories centered on food and the gifts of God's amazing grace.

Within these pages, Grassi shares special memories of hot fudge sundaes, homemade pizza, chickpeas, Italian wedding soup, and many other dishes-always reminding the reader of the precious gift we receive when we share food in fellowship. Knowing that reading about food can make people hungry, Grassi also serves up sixteen of his favorite recipes, from antipasto to dessert. The cuisine? Italian, of course. "After all", Grassi proudly writes, "it was an Italian who invented the fork."

Fr. Dominic Grassi, a lifelong Chicagoan was ordained in 1973 and has been a pastor, a teacher, a counselor, a coach, and a retreat and vocation director, an inspirational speaker, an editor, and a writer.