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Posts Tagged ‘Lent’

Friday Fish Fry

For Christians, Lent is a season of solemn reflection on the trials of Jesus Christ in the desert; its central themes are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. All very noble concepts, if a not a little dour. Lent is also a time to enjoy delicious fried fish on Fridays, all thanks to a longstanding Catholic ban […]

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Return to St. Albert the Great’s Fish Fry

Saint Albert was almost not a saint at all, thanks to the discovery during his beatification process of extensive studies of the occult: black magic. Among his writings on the subject was found a recipe for a depilatory potion that required burning a large frog whole and mixing the ashes with water then spreading the […]

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Fish Fridays: St. Albert the Great’s Fish Fry

Tom and the gang (wtf?) go to an excellent Friday Fish Fry at St. Albert the Great’s.

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Fish Friday Pairings Double Whammy: Gueuze and Shrimp Salad

A Belgian beer kicks a shrimp salad to the curb.

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