Integral Program of Liberal Arts at Saint Mary's College of California

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Integral baking: Basque brioche: Brother Martin Yribarren Loaf: Tutor Alexis Doval Pastries: Tutor Rali Christo... Cookies: Tutor Julie Park What have you been baking lately?

A little game that's making us dream of Christmas Concerts of old. How many can you "hear" just by looking at the music?

Check out Brother Martin Yribarren's recipe for "Tia's Floating Island and Sweet Basque Cream Natillas": For the natillas (custard): 6 eggs ... 1 cinnamon stick 1 cup sugar tsp salt 1 qt. milk (or cream) 1. Separate the yolks and egg whites and set the whites aside. 2. Beat the yolks until they are lemon-color, then slowly and thoroughly beat in the sugar. 3. Bring the milk to a boil in a saucepan and set it aside to cool slightly. 4. Slowly blend the egg-sugar mixture and the milk. 5. Add the cinnamon stick and salt. 6. Cook the custard mixture in the top part of a double-boiler over hot, but not boiling water, until the custard is thick enough to coat a spoon (this may take a while, a half hour or more). Stir once in a while to break up any lumps or films that form. 7. Remove the cinnamon stick. 8. Pour the natillas into a large bowl or into individual serving cups. 9. Cool and chill. For the islas (meringue islands): 4 egg whites 5 tsp. sugar Vanilla or almond extract 1. Beat the egg whites until they are stiff, adding the sugar, a teaspoonful at a time. 2. Flavor with a drop or two of vanilla or almond extract. 3. Pour about an inch of boiling water into a baking pan. 4. Using a large spoon, make the islands by placing the whipped egg white on the water, a large spoonful at a time. 5. Slip the pan into a low oven (250 degrees) for 5 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the islands will come out clean, or until the tops begin to turn brown. 6. Arrange the islands on the custard, using the large spoon. 7. Chill before serving. Serves 6

"A certain depth of disciplined experience is a necessary ground for fruitful action. Without a more profound human understanding derived from exploration of the inner ground of human existence, love will tend to be superficial and deceptive. Traditionally, the ideas of prayer, meditation, and contemplation have been associated with this deepening of one's personal life and this expansion of the capacity to understand and serve others....He who attempts to act and do things f...or others or for the world without deepening his own self-understanding, freedom, integrity, and capacity to love, will not have anything to give others. He will communicate to them nothing but the contagion of his own obsessions, his aggressiveness, his ego-centered ambitions, his delusions about ends and means, his doctrinaire prejudices and ideas. There is nothing more tragic in the modern world than the misuse of power and action to which men are driven by their own Faustian misunderstandings and misapprehensions. We have more power at our disposal today than we have ever had, and yet we are more alienated and estranged than we have ever been from the inner ground of meaning and love....Far from being irrelevant, prayer, meditation, and contemplation are of the utmost importance in America today." --Thomas Merton (1915-1968), "Contemplation in a World of Action" Image: Rembrandt, "Philosopher with an Open Book" The Integral Program of Liberal Arts Saint Mary's College of California Learn More: https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/the-integral-program

Please join us for a Christmas Talk by the Integral Program's Brother Kenneth Cardwell: "How Can There Be / Anyone Other Than Me?" Wednesday, December 2, from 4:00 to 6:00pm. Brother Kenneth writes: "The Feast of the Birth of Jesus (also known in the West as Christmas) can make us long to return to our childhoods, when our hopes were simple and soon to be fulfilled. For me, the impending feast recalls a line about Jesus: 'Although in the form of God...he emptied himself, taki...ng the form of a servant....' (Philippians 2:7). In this talk I will explore the language of emptiness." All are welcome! Text for Discussion: Philippians 2:5-11 Zoom Meeting ID: 349 074 4447 Zoom Link: https://stmarys-ca.zoom.us/j/3490744447 Image: Brother Kenneth, Age Two

"Imagine that you have died and have received the gift of a new life. Live it, full of wondrous gratitude, in sweet accord with nature." --Marcus Aurelius Happy Thanksgiving! The Integral Program of Liberal Arts... Saint Mary's College of California Learn more: https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/the-integral-program Marcus Aurelius, "The Emperor's Handbook" trans. David and Scot Hicks (New York: Scribner, 2002), 86.