COME EARLY, BE HUNGRY!!!

You'll never look at cooking the same way again!

*** COOKING IN THE MONASTIC TRADITION ***

Enjoy a Cooking Class "Cooking in Monastic Traditions" with The Civic Friars, a lay monastic order dedicated to deepening spiritual and religious devotion in everyday life ... in order to "reclaim the city for Christ" (they are also skilled cooks)!  You will learn methods dating back to Old Catholic Europe, and even as far back as the early Church, you will gain a fresh outlook on the spiritual elements of culinary art, as it relates to the Benedictine Monastic principle "Ora et Labora": "Work and Pray".

• You will learn to see food and it's preparation in a more complete and healthy way, "from farm to table"
• Seeing the meditative, contemplative and practical aspects of preparing and cooking food (that have been lost in a "fast food culture") can be both refreshing and exciting.
• Learn how simple communal and generous acts like cooking can be raised to a high art form by faith, even to a form of "prayer of the heart and hands" where every meal you prepare becomes a feast instead of a chore! YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS!!!

NOTE: this will be on Sunday, June 14, 2009 in Brighton at 1 PM, but will start on Saturday evening with the buying of the meat at the Festival and marinating it in the Portuguese "Vinoh Tinto" from the Touriga Nacional grapes (that they also sell at the Festival).

ALSO BE SURE TO SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THIS WEBSITE FOR OTHER ENJOYABLE AND EXCITING FESTIVAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES:

• Overall Festival information, see "Saint Anthony's Festival" announcement under the Events Category for "Fairs & Festivals" on this (4marks.com) website...!

• Dancing to the music of the acclaimed Portuguese artist and renowned balladeer Sergio Royal and his band, see "International Dance at St. Anthony's Festival" announcement under the Events Category "Music & Concerts" on this (4marks.com) website...!

• A Festival Finale on Sunday evening with Orchestral Concert Music, see "Battle of the Bands" announcement under the Events Category "Music & Concerts on this (4marks.com) website...!