My Treasure from Beaune - San Pasqual, Patron Saint of the Kitchen
I'd seen a wood carving of San Pasqual in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico and regretted not buying it. When I saw a stone statue of him in Beaune, France, I had to buy it. He now sits in my kitchen as guardian. (The image is smiling but sometimes I wonder if he frowns at my cooking!)
San Pasqual (or Paschal) Baylon is a saint of the Catholic Church. He was born in Torrehermosa, in Aragon, Spain. He was a shepherd, then he joined the Reformed Franciscan Order as a lay brother often serving as a cook or doorkeeper. He lived a life of poverty and prayer.
He is considered the patron saint of cooks and kitchens, thus his image is a favorite in Mexican kitchens. San Pasqual is said to watch over the kitchen fire.
tags: travel, food, cooking, saints, Catholic, Patron saint of kitchens, San Paschal, San Pasqual
P.S. The Cook is a Writer - San Pasqual watch over her cooking!
Saturday, June 8, 2013
My Treasure from Beaune - San Pasqual, Patron Saint of the Kitchen
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books..
Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized.
Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines.
She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.
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