St Anne’s Gateau
St Anne is the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary according to tradition. St Anne was the Saint of the Month in July 2021, when The Southern...
Cooking with the Saints
St Alban’s Bread and Butter Pudding
Every month in her Cape Town kitchen, Grazia Barletta prepares a recipe inspired by the saints, and shares it with our readers in text and photos taken exclusively...
Make Carpenter’s Pasta for St Joseph’s Feast Day!
This month Grazia Barletta cooked: St Joseph’s Day Pasta This month’s dish, St Joseph’s Day Pasta, is also called ‘Sawdust Pasta” or “Carpenter’s Pasta”, and it’s a...
Cooking for Holy Week: Hot Cross Buns
A traditional hot cross bun is a yeasted sweet roll that’s lightly spiced, usually made with fruit, and marked with a cross on the top. It is...
St Scholastica’s Pasta e Ceci
In the 5th century, the twins St Benedict and St Scholastic were born in Nursia (now Norcia) in the central Italian province of Umbria. At an early age,...
Happy Birthday Jesus: Italian cake
Birthdays are a celebration of one’s life. The birth of Jesus is one of the most important dates and celebrations of the liturgical calendar. On December 25...
Caprese Advent Wreath
Every month Grazia Barletta prepares a recipe in her Cape Town kitchen exclusively for The Southern Cross, and shares it with our readers in text and photos. In...
Eat and Be Formed
Dear Reader, The Book of Ecclesiastes advises: “Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what...
St Jude’s Lentil Soup
Saint Jude Thaddeus is known as the patron saint of hopeless causes, and as one of the twelve Apostles. A cousin of Jesus, he courageously preached the...
Cooking with the Prophets: Ezekiel’s Lamb Stew & Bread
The prophet Ezekiel lived from around 622 to 570 BC. He is regarded as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Indeed, Christian art often featured him;...
