Sentence:  No fish in today's market, on restaurant menus, or on the cook's stove more personifies—or <WSD>fishifies</WSD>—a "You've come a long way, baby" story. There simply wasn't any fresh tuna to be had in American markets a generation or so ago. It was always canned and was presented only for eating mixed cold in tuna salad or hot in tuna casserole. Now it gleams fresh on ice in fish displays, ready to take home and sear as a centerpiece, singed and tossed in salads, thinly sliced or minced raw for sushi and tartars. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To change (flesh) to fish; to transform into a fish.