When You Feast: Recipes for Celebrations

When You Feast, a collection of delicious recipes by Chef Natale Fasciani (affectionately known as “Chef Nat” at St Vladimir’s Seminary), is the companion volume to Catherine Mandell’s When You Fast. Chef Nat has created a panoply of mouth-watering recipes for everything from snacks to main courses and desserts.

“Sharing food is a very human thing to do. It is an act that demonstrates a very ancient understanding of food as more than just the intake of calories. The sharing of food is a sign of ‘belonging’ and an expression of friendship that is something uniquely human. Since the earliest times, hospitality (philoxenia—literally ‘the love of strangers’) has been expressed by the sharing of food. And so, Mr Fasciani shares his love of food and the community he serves through the recipes presented in this book.”  — From the foreword by Archbishop Benjamin (OCA Diocese of the West)

Natale Fasciani, St Vladimir’s own chef extraordinaire has been cooking up delicious meals for hordes of hungry students and special seminary events since 2006. In addition to cooking for the school Chef Nat, along with his wife Teresa, owns and operates Adriano Catering in Westchester County, NY.

A complete list of recipes:

• Adobo Mexican Pork Chops 72
• almond Crusted Halibut 104
• amish Chicken Casserole 47
• apple Crisp 121
• apple enchiladas 122
• apple strudel 123
• Bacon oatmeal Cookies 124
• Bacon-Wrapped Bratwursts 73
• Bacon-Wrapped scallops 22
• Baked Bananas 125
• Baked Chicken and pomodoro 74
• Baked Codfish 104
• Baked Frittata (omelet) 34
• Baked lemon dill Flounder 106
• Baked pork Chops 75
• Baked salmon Crusted with sesame 105
• Basic pizza dough 17
• Basic polenta 48
• Basic pound Cake 126
• Basic Zabaglione 127
• Basmati rice 48
• BBQ Bratwursts 76
• BBQ Coffee-Flavored Beef 77
• Beef stir-Fry 78
• Beef stroganoff 79
• Blackened Filet mignon 80
• Blueberry Cobbler 128
• Brined Bratwursts 80
• Bruschetta Black olive spread 23
• Bruschetta with tomatoes 24
• Butternut squash soup 38
• Caprese (tomatoes and mozzarella) 25
• Caramel-dipped oranges 129
• Caribbean sweet potato pone 130
• Chicken al vesuvio 81
• Chicken and shrimp piedmontese 82
• Chicken parmesan 85
• Chicken piccata 83
• Chicken Quesadilla 84
• Chocolate Chip nachos 26
• Ciabatta Bread 14
• Coconut Corn Bread 15
• Cold melon soup 39
• Corn Bread with Jalapeño 16
• Cream of avocado soup 40
• Curried vegetables 60
• easy Baked Chicken 84
• egg stuffed with Crabmeat 27
• eggplant parmigiana 62
• Feta Cheese Chicken 86
• Feta shrimp pesto salad 49
• Fettuccine al prosciutto (Cured Ham) 50
• Floating eggs 35
• French onion soup 41
• French-fried eggplant 63
• Fried Halloumi Cheese 36
• Fried rice Balls (arancini) 50
• Fruit soup 42
• Frutti di mare (seafood salad) 107
• Fusilli pasta with peppers and onions 51
• Gazpacho 43
• German pork loin and sauerkraut 87
• Gianduja (Chocolate Hazelnut) 131
• Gibanica (serbian style) 28
• Ginger pork loin 88
• Grilled Banana Boat 132
• Grilled Chicken paillard 89
• Grilled Fresh Figs 29
• Grilled shrimp and veggie Kabobs 108
• Hawaiian Beef skewers 90
• Herring 108
• Jamaican Crunchy snack 133
• Jamaican Fried Chicken 91
• Jerusalem artichoke soup 44
• lamb stew 92
• linguine alle vongole 52
• lobster Chowder 109
• make your own nachos 30
• mango Caribbean 134
• mango Chicken 93
• mango sherbet 134
• mediterranean vegetable stew 64
• Mexican Pizza 94
• middle eastern pizza 30
• multi-berry Crisp 135
• New Zealand lamingtons 136
• open-Face dripping roast Beef 95
• oven-Baked Chicken with potatoes 96
• paella 111
• panna Cotta 137
• peach Cobbler 137
• penne with pesto sauce 53
• pineapple salsa pork tenderloin 97
• pizza Bread rosemary 17
• polish meatloaf 98
• polish style mussels 110
• pork and Chicken Banana stew 99
• primavera pasta salad 54
• puerto rican rum Ball 138
• Quiche 36
• red lentil Curry 61
• red snapper al Cartoccio 112
• risotto Four Cheese 55
• risotto parmigiano 56
• salmon al Cartoccio 113
• salmon made easy 114
• scalloped potatoes 65
• seafood Cioppino 115
• seafood lo mein 116
• serbian prebranac (lima Beans) 66
• shredded Coconut rice 56
• shrimp Creole 117
• shrimp, scallops & Banana soup 118
• sloppy Joe meatloaf 100
• snow Crab Clusters on the Grill 119
• south american Cookies 138
• southern style Chili Con Carne 45
• spaghetti with Garlic and oil 57
• spicy pork 101
• stuffed avocado 31
• stuffed mushrooms 67
• stuffed Zucchini logs 68
• sun-dried tomatoes and eggs 33
• sweet Feast 139
• tabouli 69
• tandoori Chicken 102
• tropical Fruit shake 140
• turkish Coffee Cake 140
• two-Bean puerto rican sofritos 70
• Virgin island parfaits 141
• Walnut Banana Bread 18
• Zeppole 141
• Zucchini and Banana Bread 19
• Zucchini Walnut raisin Bread 20