Cultural History
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![]() NEW! What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings |
Nearly every culture has a variation on the dumpling: histories, treatises, family legends, and recipes about the world’s favourite lump of carbs. If the … | 234 | View | ||
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From ![]() NEW! What’s in a Name? The Jamaican Patty ControversyThe Sauce |
Cheryl Thompson reflects on her parents ties to their Jamaican roots through food, learning to make Jamaican food, the book Traditional Jamaican Cookery, food history, the Jamaican beef patty, … | Cheryl Thompson | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() When You Mess with Creation Myths, the Knives Come OutFrom: Bigotry on Broadway |
Tha author recounts his experiences and thoughts after having written and produced his play The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda and critiques the popular play Hamilton. | Ishmael Reed | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Who Was Uncle Nick?From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Seven focuses on Uncle Nick, the author’s maternal great uncle Mykola Kosovan. Discussing his time in Lethbridge, his communist leanings, poverty and radicalization back in … | Myrna Kostash | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Why Butterfly Should Stop Committing Literary Hara-kiriFrom: Bigotry on Broadway |
This chapter explores the racism, fetishism/objectification, and misogyny of Madame Butterfly. | Yuri Kageyama | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Wild KinPart Three From: Earthkeeping |
Part Three contains the sections: The Lovely Duckling, Turtle Tale, So Excellent a Fish: Capelin, Gift from the Sky, God’s Dead Dog & Other Roadkills, Caribou Caper, COVID-19 Moment, and … | Gary Saunders | 43 | 2022 | $4.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Wonton of JoyThe Filling |
Arlene Chan discusses her connection to Cantonises food and in particular the wonton, her family’s Kwong Chow Chop Suey Restaurant in Toronto, the annual ritual of making dumplings for … | Arlene Chan | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Work & Play & FoodPart Five From: Earthkeeping |
Part Five contains the sections: Down to Earth, A Salmon for Supper, Of Seals and Cod and Us, Oatmeal Shenanigans, Part Surgeon, Part Seamstress: A Fly-Tying Memoir, Dike-Land Rambles, Chaga … | Gary Saunders | 51 | 2022 | $5.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! YuriVersions of a Murder From: Ghosts in a Photograph |
Chapter Ten is about Yuri Kosovan, the author’s maternal great uncle. Describing his death, the four varying tales of his death at the hands of either “bandyty” (bandits), UPA, Banderivtsi … | Myrna Kostash | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |







