Emily Stimpson Chapman knows about hospitality. She has seen its power to build community, stave off loneliness, and fill homes with joy. But she knows, too, that many are intimidated by the challenges of hospitality: budgets, babies, or busyness, to name just a few.

In Around the Catholic Table: 100+ Simple Recipes for Family and Friends, Chapman helps you overcome common barriers to hospitality by providing useful tips as well as profound insights (and lots of delicious recipes) to make opening your home to others a joy.

Around the Catholic Table features:

• Simple, crowd-pleasing recipes with options to accommodate special diets and food allergies
• Brunch, salads, soups, entrées, sides, and desserts for everyday and special occasions
• More than a dozen thirty-minute meals for putting food on the table fast
• Appetizer and cocktail recipes to make hosting smaller gatherings easy (and delicious)
• A special chapter on risotto, along with a primer on preparing it to perfection—even for a crowd
• And ten essays that shed light on the practical aspects of hospitality as well as its spiritual meaning

Whether you are cooking for a family of five or a crowd of fifty, Around the Catholic Table will help you build community and communion with all who gather around your table.