Brother Victor-Antoine drsquo;Avila-Latourrette is the author of many cookbooks, including From a Monastery Kitchen and 12 Months of Monastery Soups . He was born in the French Pyrenees and apprenticed in monasteries in France and Italy before moving to America, where he earned two masterrsquo;s degrees at Columbia. Brother Victor lives and cooks at Our Lady of the Resurrection monastery in upstate New York.