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Jeff Young
Jeff Young — The Catholic Foodie — is the author of "Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie." A radio and podcast host, he writes for both online and print publications and enjoys sharing the joys of faith and cooking with audiences everywhere. Visit him at CatholicFoodie.com.
BY JEFF YOUNG I don’t suffer well. I wish I did, but the sad fact is that I don’t. I have witnessed other people suffer well ... men, women, and children who experience accidents, sickness, and losses with grace and humility. Historically,…
Savoring the simplicity of Lent
by Jeff Young For me, one of the most beautiful aspects of being Catholic is celebrating the liturgical seasons: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and Ordinary Time. There’s something so simple, so … human about this. The seasons ground us…
Anticipating Christmas: Shrimp and Okra Gumbo
BY JEFF YOUNG In November 1971 Carly Simon released her second studio album, Anticipation. The title track of that album soared to No. 3 on Billboard’s adult contemporary chart, and the following year it nabbed her a Grammy nomination for…
Be gracious and hospitable this Christmas
SPICY-SWEET BOURBON PECANS Does the thought of the approaching holidays fill you with panic? If so, you are not alone. December can be a particularly chaotic time for most families. There’s shopping, school holiday events, office Christmas…
Remember the Holy Souls at Mealtime
by Jeff Young November ushers in the end of the year, the end of the season of autumn and, as it turns out, the end of the Church’s liturgical year. Each year in November the Church celebrates the consummation — the end — of its liturgical…
Hut! Hut! Shredded Chicken Tacos
BY JEFF YOUNG Are you ready for some football? I hope so, because this month kicks off the new football season! Down herein New Orleans, I look forward to all the Saints’ games, and I admit to feeling giddy when they win. Yet, as odd as it…
The simplicity of summer eating
Whether it’s the radiant pastels and shadows of a sunset, the brilliance of a blooming sunflower, the delicate dignity of a daisy, or the infectious giggle of a toddler, the most beautiful things in life tend to be the simplest. And as…
‘Wasting time’ as a family
You have probably heard it said that kids spell love T-I-M-E. Most of us know instinctively that this is true. But knowing doesn’t necessarily make it easy to put into practice. Time is the one thing most of us claim to lack, no matter…
‘Love begins at home’
In 1977 my mom and dad took me and my younger sister to see the original Star Wars movie on the big screen at Cortana Mall in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which housed a new theater that had just opened a few months earlier. I was almost 7 years…
A gumbo for Lent and a heart for people
by Jeff Young In the heart of Tremé — a historic New Orleans neighborhood dating back to 1812 and recognized as America’s oldest African-American neighborhood — sits a restaurant that has hosted countless celebrities (such as the Jackson 5,…