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The Knedelík, Warts and All

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From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

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Eric Geringas reflects on his relationship to Knedlík, a Czech style of dumplings, his time in Czechoslovakia teaching English, Czech beer, poverty cuisine, and the culture of Prague. 5 $0.50 Add
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I Pinch, Therefore I Am

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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. 6 $0.60 Add
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The Fohn

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Recounts the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, his experience with it, and the connection to those family members lost to the Spanish Flu. 7 $0.70 Add
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Heavy Is the Head That Wears the Pierogi Crown

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Monika Warzecha reflects on pierogies and becoming the ‘pierogi princess’, being a hyphenated Canadian, the multicultural classrooms of Toronto, Polish diaspora in Canada, Polish … 7 $0.70 Add
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In Patagonia I Dreamed in Punjabi

From: My Mother, My Translator

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A poem about a bus ride to Ludhiana. 1 $0.10 Add
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Book Burning

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Revisits the terror of 1984, the trauma it caused, and how that trauma shaped his drive to be a writer. 11 $1.10 Add
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The Case for Kreplach

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Bev Katz Rosenbaum highlights the under-represented kreplach, a jewish delicacy, the popularity of matzo ball soup, her ties to her Ashkenazic heritage, and ties to traditional foods. 4 $0.40 Add
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Ergodicity

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Singh’s studies at McGill are shared. From connections made and lessons learned to the challenges created by unaddressed trauma. 30 $3.00 Add
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New Year’s Luck

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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, … 3 $0.30 Add
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Cherries

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Making sense of and solving the mysteries of memories is discussed while chronicling Singh’s battle with suicidal thoughts. 13 $1.30 Add
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Gnocchi Love

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Domenica Marchetti explores the Italian potato pasta, gnocchi, her parents attributing gnocchi as helping them fall in love, the gnocchi process, regional differences in gnocchi flavours and … 10 $1.00 Add
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Challenging Hate and Discrimination with Awareness and Dialogue

From: Divided

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This essay examines the increase in anti-multicultural statements and hate crimes in Canada in general, and Islamophobia in particular. 8 $0.80 Add
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Sulphur

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Singh’s decision to visit Banff, and the reaction that visit provoked. 2 $0.20 Add
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The Perogy Bees of the Prairies

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Julie Van Rosendaal reflects on her relationship with perogies and its ties to her prairie upbringing, Baba’s Homestyle Perogies in Saskatoon, Eastern European migration in Western Canada, … 5 $0.50 Add
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After the Play

From: My Mother, My Translator

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Singh’s thoughts of his mother and her unfinished memoir, as well as his attempt to finish her project after watching a play with friends. 1 $0.10 Add
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If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, Why am I Eating Matzo Ball Soup?

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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. 6 $0.60 Add