Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Friday?

Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Friday?
Author: Michael P. Foley
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2014-12-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1466886730
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Did you know that the origins of Groundhog Day stem from a Catholic tradition? Or that the common pretzel was once a Lenten reward for the pious? Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on Friday is a fascinating guide to the roots of all-things-Catholic. This smart and concise guide will introduce readers to the hidden heritage in many commonplace things that make up contemporary life. The reader-friendly format and the illuminating entries will make this guide a perfect gift for Catholics and anyone who loves a bit of historic trivia. Table of Contents - Foreword * Time * Manners & Dining Etiquette * Food * Drink * Music & Theater * Sports & Games * Holidays & Festivities * Flowers & Plants * Insects, Animals, & More * American Places * International, National, & State Symbols * Clothes & Other Sundry Inventions * Education & Superstition * Art & Science * Law & Architecture * Epilogue: Words, Words, Words--Catholic, Anti-Catholic, and Post-Catholic

Fish on Friday

Fish on Friday
Author: Brian Fagan
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2009-08-12
Genre: Fish as food
ISBN: 1442995750
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Encompassing ancient mythology, medieval religion, boatbuilding, commerce, and cutting-edge climate science, this text shows the intricate tapestry of history in all its fascinating, astonishing complexity.

Friday Is Fish Day

Friday Is Fish Day
Author: Michele Vault-Jimenez
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2013-07-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1483656853
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Fishing with dad has its benefits like learning to bait worms, reeling in surprises and catching the biggest fish. In the book Friday is Fish Day, a young girl tells her story of how much she loved living with her dad and sister up North, going fishing and how fishing created such wonderful memories. In times where life is fast-paced and crazy it is important to stop everything and just go fishing, especially if it is Friday.

Four Fish

Four Fish
Author: Paul Greenberg
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010-07-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1101442298
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“A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why.” —Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book Review Acclaimed author of American Catch and The Omega Princple and life-long fisherman, Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. Investigating the forces that get fish to our dinner tables, Greenberg reveals our damaged relationship with the ocean and its inhabitants. Just three decades ago, nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today, rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex marketplace. Four Fish offers a way for us to move toward a future in which healthy and sustainable seafood is the rule rather than the exception.

Kitchen Confidential

Kitchen Confidential
Author: Anthony Bourdain
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1408845040
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After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain has decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny.