Nun, described as Poland's best cook, releases DVD with culinary tips

Published: 2007-12-20

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- A Polish nun who thought up her best cake recipe in a dream has released a special DVD with tips on her culinary masterpieces. "When I first joined my order, I asked to work in the kitchen," said Sister Anastazja Pustelnik, a member of the Daughters of Divine Love. "I spent years cooking for the Jesuit fathers in Krakow, and they liked my recipes so much they proposed publishing them. I thought they meant some kind of brochure. I never suspected it would lead to several books," she said at a specially convened press conference at the Polish bishops' conference headquarters in mid-December. The nun, whose four recipe books already have sold 850,000 copies, spoke at the release of "Sister Anastazja's Cookery School," which shows her preparing some of her tastiest delights. She said she had inherited some recipes from her parents and others from older nuns, but had thought up most herself, including the very best, "A Nun's Secret," which came to her in a dream. The Polish-language DVD is available online at: http://www.wydawnictwowam.pl/.

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