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Is Monday Really The Absolute Worst Day To Buy Seafood From The Grocery Store? By Alba Caraceni Aug. 26, 2025 3:00 pm EST

Anytime you're having seafood, you want it to be as fresh as possible. Fish and other seafood offer a range of delicious flavors and nutritional benefits, but they're also highly perishable. That's why Anthony Bourdain famously advised in his 2000 book, "Kitchen Confidential," not to order fish at restaurants on Mondays, because it had likely been sitting there since Friday. Interestingly, Bourdain reversed himself more than 15 years later, saying things had changed. Is the same true about buying fish from the store? The Takeout spoke to Maricel Gentile, chef and owner of Maricel's Kitchen and author of "Maricel's Simply Asian Cookbook ," who sh

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