Food History
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From ![]() NEW! I Pinch, Therefore I AmThe Filling |
Matthew Murtagh-Wu reflects on growing up in Vancouver’s Chinatown, his business the Dumpling King, his mama dumpling recipe, and the power of nostalgia. | Matthew Murtagh-Wu | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, Why am I Eating Matzo Ball Soup?The Sauce |
Amy Rosen reflects on matzo ball soup, Jewishness and Judaism, industrial matzo ball making, the authority on matzo, recipes that evoke specific memories, and context. | Amy Rosen | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Introduction |
In the Introduction Karon Liu describes his goal to map the dumplings of Toronto, highlighting culinary diversity in the multiethnic make up of the city, migration, tradition, Covid-19 and … | Karon Liu | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Introduction: the Martian SingularityFrom: Dinner on Mars |
The Introduction reflects on the origins of this book as a thought experiment of what life would look like on Mars. Discussing topics including the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, revolutionary … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
![]() Lost FeastCulinary Extinction and the Future of Food |
When we humans love foods, we love them a lot. In fact, we have often eaten them into extinction, whether it is the megafauna of the Paleolithic world or the passenger pigeon of the last century. … | Lenore Newman | 308 | 2019 | View |
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From ![]() NEW! Métis-Style Drop Dumpling Duck SoupThe Filling |
Miles Morrisseau reflects on his Métis culture and ties to cuisine, hunting game, place and belonging to Métis diaspora, the loss of status rights and gender discrimination, land and … | Miles Morrisseau | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! New Year’s LuckThe Sauce |
Tatum Taylor Chaubal shares his own New Years tradition of making Texas style cornmeal dumplings, bringing the tradition north after leaving Texas, the mixing of African and European foodways, … | Tatum Taylor Chaubal | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! On Modaks: Offerings of Little BlissThe Filling |
Mekhala Chaubal shares her love of madak, a cardamom infused steamed rice dumplings made as an offering to the indian god ganapati or ganesha, the tradition in Indian and in Toronto, making … | Mekhala Chaubal | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() Part 1 |
Part 1 includes the following chapters: Foreword – Introduction: Yes, We Can Grow Vegetables Year Round…and Why We Should – The Knowledge and Skills of Northen Growers – … | Catherine Sylvestre; Jean-Martin Fortier | 60 | 2023 | $6.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Potatoes, Beans, and a Reluctant CookThe Filling |
Chantal Braganza reflects on her grandmothers ‘potato chops’, the Goan food of her father, the Portuguese influence on Indian food in the city of Goa, cooking as a gesture of love, … | Chantal Braganza | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Preface |
In the Preface editor John Lorinc provides a brief history of dumplings, the spread of dumplings across the globe,and a list of the types of dumplings discussed within the collection. | John Lorinc | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Red Wine and EmpanadasThe Sauce |
John Lorinc discusses Salvador Allende and his use of food (empanadas) to present a strong Chilean identity, national identities and food, food and politics, empanada as a symbol of nationalist … | John Lorinc | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Sink or Swim: A Riff on the Essence of the Matzo BallThe Wrapper |
David Buchbinder reflects on the matzo ball of Jewish culinary cuisine, what makes for the best matzo, preferences and generational traditions, Jewish traditions, and the power of food for a … | David Buchbinder | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Siopao Is Not Just for KidsThe Wrapper |
Christina Gonzales discusses the Filipino siopao, how they attest to the history of the Philippines, colonization, cultural influence of Spanish, Chinese, and Americans on the islands, and her … | Christina Gonzales | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Solid, Glutinous, and ToothsomeThe Wrapper |
André Alexis reflects on the Trinidadian dumplings of the island of his birth, ideas of belonging and not belonging in the identity of first generation immigrants, food cultures and taboos, … | André Alexis | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Technically, It’s a RavioliThe Wrapper |
Kristen Arnett examines the concept of ravioli. | Kristen Arnett | 2 | 2022 | $0.20 Add |







