Legend has it that when the Archangel Michael ousted Satan from heaven, the devil plummeted to earth and ended up in a blackberry bush. Predictably, the devil cursed the bush, and since then blackberries are said to go sour after the 29th of September (the traditional Feast of the Archangels). Besides being amusing Catholic trivia, why might this information be important to know? Because a dinner party celebrating the occasion isn’t complete without a correctly themed cocktail.
The end of September through the beginning of October holds quite a number of special Catholic feast days, and while I would love to celebrate them all, time is a limiting factor. I settled for combining a mere two — the archangels from the aforementioned 29th, and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux on October 1. With a dinner date set for September 30 (and with apologies to Saint Jerome), I set about planning a menu that honored each saint or archangel.
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