Sandy Hintz

This bizarre little book was compiled by a group of nuns who had grown frustrated by their ongoing attempts to become ordained priests. For some reason, they decided writing a cookbook would make them feel better and help their cause at the same time. Their introduction states they were trying to speak "to the need of women to seek ordination without bitterness...'The If I Can't Be Ordained, I'll Cook Book' is meant to be part of the waiting--a chance to make the heavy a bit lighter..." They were inspired by another group of nuns who wrote the "What to Do While Waiting for Ordination Cookbook" in 1976: apparently this was something of a publishing mini-trend in the late '70s. The sections of the cookbook all have cutesy, churchy titles, like "Lettuce Pray" for the section on salads and "Peas Be With You" for that on vegetables. Since women are still not priests in the Catholic Church, I'm guessing this book had very little impact...but it's still really, really weird.… (más)