Fr. Dominic Garramone, OSB AKA The Bread Monk

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Father Dominic Garramone, OSB is a monk of Saint Bede Abbey in Peru IL.  He is the head of the Religion department at Saint Bede Academy and teaches Sacraments and Comparative Religions. He is also the drama director and has published two plays.  He was the host of the PBS cooking show “Breaking Bread with Father Dominic” from 1999 to 2001, and has written nine cookbooks.  His newest book, Bake Your Way Through the Holidays, was published  by Reedy Press.  His first children’s book, Brother Jerome and the Angels in the Bakery, was the recipient of the 2011 Christopher Award for Children’s Books (ages 8 to 10) and the 2011 Catholic Press Association 1st Place Award for children’s books.  He is also an online baking instructor on Bluprint.com. Fr. Dom says he got his culinary education “between my mother’s kitchen, PBS and the public library” and when not baking or teaching can usually be found in the abbey herb garden.

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