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AS IT IS 2015-09-19 New York Bakery Puts Pope’s Face on Cookies 教皇黄油酥饼

A bakery in New York City is preparing for the visit of Pope Francis by putting the face of the leader of the Roman Catholic Church on cookies. A lot of people are buying them, but are they eating them?

Artuso Pastry¹ is in Belmont, a section of the Bronx, one of the boroughs³ of New York City. It is a small, family-owned business.

The bakery makes a lot of different desserts, including the “black and white” cookie, which has chocolate and vanilla⁴ icing.

Workers at the bakery have been making special pope cookies since 2008, when Pope Benedict visited New York.

Workers use a special process to put the face of Pope Francis on the cookie. They use edible⁵ paper and edible color ink.

Natalia Corridori manages the bakery. She says many people have paid about three dollars for the cookie. But she says some Catholics are uneasy eating them.

“Some of them want to frame it, some of them want to freeze it, some people are afraid to eat it, they think it’s a sin to eat it, and some people are the complete opposite and they think it’s a blessing⁶ to eat it and miracles might come from it.”

Sergio Hernández helps make the cookies.

He says as a Catholic, it gives him joy to put the face of Pope Francis on a cookie. He says he is proud to be one of the people making the cookies.

Doris Murray supports the pope. She is also a loyal customer of the bakery. But she does not think people should spend their money on the cookie. Instead, she believes people should give that money to organizations the pope supports.

“This whole cookie situation, or the pictures, or...give your money to an organization that he advocates for and believes in.”

Words in This Story

bakery – n. a place where bread, cakes, cookies and other baked foods are made or sold

cookie – n. a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat and round and is made from flour and sugar

borough² – n. one of the five main sections of New York City

dessert – n. sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal

icing – n. a sweet, creamy mixture that is used to cover cakes (also called “frosting”)

edible – adj. suitable or safe to eat

ink – n. colored liquid that is used for writing or printing

frame – v. to put (something) inside an open structure that holds it; to put (something) in a frame

freeze – v. to preserve (food) by storing it in a very cold place

sin – n. an action that is considered to be wrong according to religious or moral law

advocate for – expression to support or argue for (a cause or policy)

1 pastry   

n.油酥面团，酥皮糕点

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• The pastry crust was always underdone.馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。

2 borough   

n.享有自治权的市镇；(英)自治市镇

参考例句：

• He was slated for borough president.他被提名做自治区主席。
• That's what happened to Harry Barritt of London's Bromley borough.住在伦敦的布罗姆利自治市的哈里.巴里特就经历了此事。

3 boroughs   

（尤指大伦敦的）行政区( borough的名词复数 )； 议会中有代表的市镇

参考例句：

• London is made up of 32 boroughs. 伦敦由三十二个行政区组成。
• Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City. 布鲁克林区是纽约市的五个行政区之一。

4 vanilla   

n.香子兰，香草

参考例句：

• He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
• I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。

5 edible   

n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的

参考例句：

• Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。
• This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.这种蘑菇吃得，那种吃不得。

6 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。