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. "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 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 John Zmirak is an editor, a journalist, a college teacher, and a political commentator. He is the author of The Bad Catholic’s Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins and the coauthor of The Bad Catholic’s Guide to Good Living; The Bad Catholic’s Guide to Wine, Whiskey, and Song; and The Grand Inquisitor . He has contributed to Investor’s Business Daily and the National Catholic Register. He lives in New York City. Used Book in Good Condition