Celebrate the rhythm of the Christian year—and the joy of family life—with A Continual Feast, Evelyn Vitz’s beloved cookbook filled with tradition, history, and over 275 delicious recipes. First published in 1991 and still cherished today, this illustrated volume is far more than a collection of meals. It is a guide to living the liturgical year through food, hospitality, and shared moments at the family table.
Drawing deeply from Christian traditions across the world, Vitz offers recipes and insights tied to Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, and numerous saints’ feast days. You’ll also find menus for everyday family meals, church picnics, birthdays, namedays, baptisms, and confirmations—plus fun cooking projects for children and heartfelt ideas for bringing meals to others in need.
Along the way, A Continual Feast weaves together the customs behind each celebration, the spiritual meaning of certain foods, quotations from Scripture and Christian writers, and practical reflections on fasting, feasting, and the holiness found in ordinary family rituals. Beautifully illustrated and richly informative, this is a cookbook to treasure, learn from, and return to throughout the year.
Whether you’re looking to deepen your family’s liturgical living, rediscover meaningful Christian food traditions, or simply enjoy wholesome recipes from many cultures, A Continual Feast brings the warmth of faith to everyday life – truly giving new meaning to “breaking bread together.”
Book Details:
- Classic Catholic/Christian cookbook celebrating the liturgical year
- Over 275 recipes tied to seasons, feasts, and family traditions
- Menus for holidays, saints’ days, Sundays, namedays, baptisms & more
- Cooking projects for children and recipes ideal for gift-giving
- Background on Christian food customs from Advent through Pentecost
- Includes fasting and abstinence guidelines
- Features ethnic recipes from many cultures
- Illustrated paperback edition
- Ideal as a Christmas, birthday, bridal, or housewarming gift
