Drinking with the Saints (Deluxe): The Sinner's Guide to a Holy Happy Hour

by Michael P. Foley

Overview

Raise Your Spirits and Toast the Saints!

It's the full-color edition of Drinking with the Saints!

Recipe for a liturgically correct cocktail: mix Bartender's Guide and Lives of the Saints, shake well, garnish with good cheer. Drinking with the Saints is a concoction that both sinner and saint will savor.

Michael Foley offers the faithful drinker witty and imaginative instruction on the appropriate libations for the seasons, feasts, and saints' days of the Church year.

• A guide to wine, beer, and spirits, with more than three hundred cocktail recipes
• Lively full-color sketches of scores of saints, from the popular to the obscure
• Tips on giving the perfect toast and on mixing the perfect drink
• Even includes drinks for Lent!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684512553
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	03/15/2022
Edition description:	Special Edition
Pages:	487
Sales rank:	96,390
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Dr. Michael P. Foley is a Professor of Patristics in the Great Texts Program at Baylor University, a Catholic theologian, a mixologist, and the author or editor of over a dozen books and around 500 articles on topics including sacred liturgy, St. Augustine of Hippo, and contemporary film and culture.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Introduction: How to Use This Book, How to Mix, and How to Toast xiii

Part I The Feasts of the Saints

1 January Saints 1

2 February Saints 21

3 March Saints 43

4 April Saints 71

5 May Saints 93

6 June Saints 125

7 July Saints 149

8 August Saints 197

9 September Saints 235

10 October Saints 267

11 November Saints 303

12 December Saints 333

Part II The Liturgical Seasons

13 Advent 359

14 The Twelve Days of Christmas 367

15 Epiphany and the Time Thereafter 389

16 Pre-Lent or Carnival 397

17 Lent and Eastertide 403

18 Pentecost and the Time Thereafter 417

Epilogue 429

Acknowledgments 431

Appendix I Reference Guide to the Post-Vatican II Calendar 435

Appendix II Glossary of Alcohol-Related Terms 445

Works Consulted 451

List of Illustrations 455

Index: Holy Days in Alphabetical Order 471

Index: Beverages in Alphabetical Order 479