Why?

A priest? Writing a food blog?

Some may be surprised, but others undoubtedly not, at the very idea.

I am told there used to be a mediaeval saying about wealth and poverty in relation to the clergy. I could have looked it up but have never got round to it. But it was something like, ‘that town is so poor that even the priests are thin.’

To be sure, we should not imagine that priests eat or drink or more than anyone else. And historically, clerical corpulence was more to do with the lack of manual labour than gluttony.

But many of us appreciate good food and, on modest incomes as most priests are, value for money is also a factor.

I trained in Rome, a place that is somewhat well-known for its eateries. A good rule of thumb, for avoiding the tourist traps, was to go to the places you saw clergy eating in.

This blog is simply my own attempt to share some of the food experiences I have had over the years. The good. The not so good. The weird. And the wonderful.