In Canada (and especially in the city of Toronto), I get to indulge in food from all over the world—all within walking or driving distance. Downtown Toronto, for example, boasts of its many ethnic neighborhoods such as Little Italy, Portugal Village, Greek town, Little India, and Little Malta (just to list but five places) that offer “authentic” flavors and cuisines. Uptown districts such as Richmond Hill and Markham offer some of the city’s best Asian cuisines from hand-pulled noodles, to dim-sum, to Korean BBQ and fried-chicken.
All this talk about food is making me drool!
I must stay focused on today’s agenda...which is to introduce one of my recent collaborative project!!
…TA-DA!!
On February 14th, The Polyglot Magazine launched its fourth issue titled Lunch Box, which I was honored to have been able to guest-edit. As it was my first project as a guest-editor, I learned many things along the way, but most importantly, I just had a blast putting it together with the Polyglot team.
What is this Issue all about?
The Polyglot celebrates poetry without linguistic borders and boundaries. It’s a powerful medium that celebrates Canada’s multilingualism and multiculturalism, so be prepared to embrace the “foreign” and the “other” as this collection challenges Anglocentric articulations of Canadian identity through food, recipes and poems. In other words, as I mention in the preface of this Issue: “Like trying something new for the first time, some readers may at first be intimidated by the non-English content of Lunch Box; but that is precisely what makes The Polyglot, and specifically this issue about memorable food experiences in Canada so dynamic and meaningful. I hope readers challenge themselves to recreate some of the delectable dishes and to use Lunch Box as a springboard to venture into the world of food (and languages) beyond their borders. Take a small bite. You might be in for a surprise!”
If you’d like to support the magazine, please purchase a copy of Lunch Box here!
Check out the previous issues here!
Thanks again to all of the contributors for making this happen ♡