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If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, Why am I Eating Matzo Ball Soup?

The Sauce

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

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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
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Life in the City In-Between

From: Subdivided

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A photo-essay of Toronto’s inner and outer suburbs. 4 $0.40 Add
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Sex, Scandal, and Punishment in Early Toronto

From: Any Other Way

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Looking back to pre-confederation Ontario, this section provides accounts of the scandals and political machinations that ensued when prominent gentlemen were found to be consorting with other men. ; 5 $0.50 Add
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The Commercial Tenants of Chestnut Street’s Factories

From: The Ward Uncovered

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The Stone Yard

From: The Ward

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Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima 2.0

From: Uncle

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This chapter examines the recent re-branding of commercial caricatures such as Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima. Now silent trademark characters, they no longer speak in advertisements and are reduced … 13 $1.30 Add
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Verna Johnston, Nokomis

HOW WE CARRY THIS PLACE

From: Indigenous Toronto

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The story of Verna Johnston (Nokomis), who founded an Indigenous-run boarding house in Toronto and helped to create the Indigenous community that we know today in Toronto. 4 $0.40 Add
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2.2 Mark

From: You Only Live Twice

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Mike shares a reflection of his friend Mark, who despite working at being exceptionally positive and kind, died of suicide when he was 35. Chase reflects back the story of Mark, which is also … ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Alexander Wood: The Invention of a Legend

From: Any Other Way

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Ed Jackson explores the truth behind the legend of Alexander Wood, a merchant and prominent Torontonian who was embroiled in a sex scandal in the early 1800’s 2 $0.20 Add
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Conclusion

From: Subdivided

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The author concludes that since the 1980s Toronto has become a complicated social space and divided city. 6 $0.60 Add
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Millie Redmond: The Flame

HOW WE CARRY THIS PLACE

From: Indigenous Toronto

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The story of activist and community-builder Millie Redmond, born on the Walpole Island First Nation in 1917. In 1981, she was chosen as a Woman of Distinction by the YMCA of Toronto for Community … 7 $0.70 Add
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O.J. Simpson, a Passing Uncle

From: Uncle

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In this chapter, Thompson explores the O.J. Simpson trial, which she calls "a symbolic clash between a ‘real’ Black man on trial for his life and an ‘Uncle Tom’ Black … 15 $1.50 Add
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The History of a Black Canadian Church

From: The Ward Uncovered

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What’s in a Name? The Jamaican Patty Controversy

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From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

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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, … 5 $0.50 Add
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William James

Toronto's First Photojournalist

From: The Ward

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