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The Bad Catholic's Guide to Wine, Whiskey, & Song: A Spirited Look at Catholic Life & Lore from the Apocalypse to Zinfandel (Bad Catholic's guides) Paperback – May 1, 2007

by John Zmirak (Author), Denise Matychowiak (Author)
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This sequel to the highly-praised Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living allows you to view Catholic life from a unique perspective. Starting with the wines, beers, and liquors made around the world by monks, the authors explore everything from Irish history to the secrets of the Knights Templar, with drinking games, food, and cocktail recipes, and rollicking drinking songs.
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"All saints suffer one way or another but there are no sad saints. As this book makes abundantly clear, some more than others had the gift of earthly gladness which, by not being lived as an end in itself, points the way to heavenly joy." -- Rev. George Rutler, Author, Theologian, Host, Eternal Word Television Network

"Silly some of the time, respectful most of the time and hilarious all of the time, even the squirrel recipes sound delicious and will have me driving slower thru the red states, chumming for low cost snacks on the two lane all the way to Mardi Gras." -- Mario Batali, Chef, Host of "Molto Mario," "Mario Eats Italy," and"Ciao America" on The Food Network. Author, The Babbo Cookbook

"Thanks to John Zmirak and Denise Matychowiak's uproarious cornucopia of Catholic fun, now we can laugh ourselves up and out of literary purgatory. Their sharp-witted irreverence seldom fails to amuse--because they know the Church so well, and love her so dearly." -- Thomas McArdle, White House Speechwriter, former Communications Director, The Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights

"This ingenious guide will leave you educated and entertained. A comical yet dignified must-read." -- Erik Blauberg, Chef, former Executive Chef, The `21' Club

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This book is great fun! The book moves through the year featuring different saints amd other holy people, the stories behind them and occasional recipes and other suggestions for celebrating these feast days. The saint's histories are written in a very light-hearted way although the underlying theme of this book is strong - the authors stick firmly to traditional Catholic doctrine including some of the more controversial areas such as contraception ...[A} fun and interesting book and the authors were able to very effectively and convincinlgy explain some more tricky and controversial Catholic doctrine. - Christian Marketplace, September 2006

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crossroad; 4/15/07 edition (May 1, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 082452411X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0824524111
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.52 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.08 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 34 ratings

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John Zmirak received his B.A. from Yale University in 1986, then his M.F.A. in screenwriting and fiction and his Ph.D. in English in 1996 from Louisiana State University. His focus was the English Renaissance, and the novels of Walker Percy. He taught composition at LSU and screenwriting at Tulane University, and written screenplays for and with director Ronald Maxwell (Gods & Generals and Gettysburg). He was elected alternate delegate to the 1996 Republican Convention, representing Pat Buchanan. He has been Press Secretary to pro-life Louisiana Governor Mike Foster, and a reporter and editor at "Success" magazine and "Investor's Business Daily," among other publications. His essays, poems, and other works have appeared in "First Things," "The Weekly Standard," "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution," "USA Today," "FrontPage Magazine," "The American Conservative," "The South Carolina Review," "The Atlantic," "Modern Age," "The Intercollegiate Review," "The New Republic," "Commonweal," and "The National Catholic Register," among other venues. He has contributed to "American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia" and "The Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought." From 2000-2004 he served as Senior Editor of "Faith & Family Magazine" and a reporter at "The National Catholic Register." He works now as an editor for several publishing companies.

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bookscdsdvdsandcoolstuff
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2008
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It is difficult to say anything about this book that has not been said already. Be sure to check out the 1st book in the series too:  The Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living

1) It is irreverent... but FULL OF LOVE for the Church and Her history.

2) It is funny and campy, but proclaims the truth.

3) It has great drinking songs that gently poke fun at protestants...

4) And best of all, great drink recipes and party ideas.

All in all... AWESOME BOOK.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very fun!
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2016
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Hilarious compilation of all the tidbits on Catholics and drinking that you ever needed to know. There are some real treasures in here, e.g. Belloc's "Pelagian Drinking Song" to pull out as party tricks and "Temperance Tongue Teasers" to help you evaluate your level of sobriety. Very fun!
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Marty
5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh and Learn
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2007
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Just like the first book in this series, you will laugh and learn. This book makes a great gift, not only to your "religious" friends but also to many of your not so religious friends and family. This is not a preachy book, just a fun, orthodox book.

My own personal favorite chapter is Jagermeister:The talking Jesus Deer.

Get the book for yourself and a copy for a friend.
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Marie A. Dean
5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny book
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2010
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For those who love humor, and especially religious related humor, I highly recommend this book. The short "chapters" mean that one can pick up this book when one has a moment and put it down again. I gave it as a gift to someone who is a young adult, and he loved it. The recipes in the book are also amusing and helpful.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not great
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2016
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Wasn't what I expected
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Taira Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Wine, Whiskey, song, and a good dose of humor too
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2015
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Probably one of the funniest books I've ever read! It's not a gut buster, but the witty writing will definitely keep you smiling all the way through the book and chances are they'll really tickle your funny bone in at least one section.
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VW
4.0 out of 5 stars SO MUCH INTERESTING INFORMATION
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2014
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I have not read the whole book, that may be impossible. This book is loaded with all sorts of information about the Catholic relationship to Wine, Whiskey, and Song. This would be a great gift for any good spirited Catholic. I have shown it to all my catholic guy friends and they all thought it was great. I would say though that it is almost too much information, it can be rather overwhelming. Over all, if you are interested in the history and culture of Catholic drinking, this is the book for you!
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John C
5.0 out of 5 stars Enough to make an atheist have doubts
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2021
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Well researched, funny and full of excuses to drink more in the name of religion
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Robert R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Scheeee!
Reviewed in Germany on November 22, 2016
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This is an English language book and so
approving thoughts here into English go
applauding the cover picture for good cheer
as Papa Ratzi's expression resembles a leer ...
Well done for fun! You made me feel gung ho1
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