On Easter Sunday, lamb is a classic part of the dinner table, but in the weeks leading up to the Christian holiday, many people refrain from eating meat during Lent. In 2025, the 40-day period of ...

March 5 marked the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of prayer observed ahead of Easter. Good Friday (April 18) is a day of fasting, during which Catholics abstain from eating meat during the day's ...

The season leading up to Easter means eating more seafood for a lot of people, whether they're religious or not. Fast-food chains, always eager to please, release new fish sandwiches and other seafood ...

It’s that time of year again in the fast food universe — fish sandwich season, baby! Look, straight up, I’m not catholic, but a fried fish sandwich just hits differently during Lent (which this year ...

CHICAGO — In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening ...

Many modern writers on food, agriculture and diet talk about the need for modern people to be more “mindful” of where food comes from and its connection to the land. That’s not an issue for farm ...