Fasting and fish on Friday
In Florence, the city which has seen the literary likes of
Dante, Boccaccio and Petrarca, the forefathers of our wonderful
Italian language, there are still to this day, customs and habits
which have been handed down for generations.
Amongst these traditions are many connected with the art of
cooking, for example Baccalà alla fiorentina (salted codfish
Florence style) which in the old traditions of Florence, was the
typical dish on Fridays, a day in which religious fasting was
observed and meat could not be eaten.