15.04.2014
Delicious Recipes For All Tastes Contained in New St Mary’s Home Book
Residents, staff, family and friends of St Mary’s Home have collaborated to produce a wonderful new recipe book. The book, which contains a vast array of recipes from around the globe, was launched on Friday evening, April 11, in the home.
The 40 recipes featured in this lovely recipe book were all cooked in the kitchen of St Mary’s Home to be tried and tested. They were then carefully prepared and presented for photographing and incorporated in the book which was launched at a reception in St Mary’s Home by Archdeacon Gordon Linney, chairman of the trustees of the home. The event was attended by a large gathering of residents, staff, families, friends and supporters. Emma Moran, the head chef, had prepared a number of recipes from the book for the approval of the guests.
Many of the residents have contributed recipes to the book, as has the Vicar of St Bartholomew’s, the Revd Andrew McCroskery, who is chaplain to the home and celebrates Holy Communion in the chapel under the watchful eye of Sister Verity Anne.
Thanks are due to Anne Marie Newman, whose original idea led to the book being produced; Gillie, Peter and Ross Hinds who coordinated the production of the book; Edwin Davison who took the beautiful photographs; Emma Moran, head chef, and her team, who cooked all the recipes, and all who helped or sponsored the book.
St Mary’s Home in Ballsbridge was founded in 1891 as a school. Later it became a home for retired ladies of the Church of Ireland, or those in communion with the Anglican Church.
For 100 years it was under the supervision and management of Anglican nuns from the Community of St John the Evangelist. Two of the sisters, Sister Kathleen and Sister Verity Anne, are today residents in the Home and both have contributed recipes to the book. St Mary’s Home is today run under trustees appointed by the sisters and provides a home for 25 to 30 ladies who greatly appreciate the tradition of Christian care established by the sisters.
Copies of the book are available from St Mary’s Home, Pembroke Park, Dublin 4 at €10 each plus postage.
Photo caption: Peter Hinds, who worked on the layout and design; Edwin Davison, who took the photographs; and Archdeacon Gordon Linney, Trustee of St Mary’s Home, who launched the Recipe Book