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She/her, settler. Writer @washingtonpost @Eater @GlobeandMail. Represented by Aevitas Creative Management.

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Ang Lee's brilliant film is avaiable to watch on Kanopy with a library card.
An image of three Tiawanese sisters and a beautiful and elaborate dish. The movie poster for Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman
November 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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On one night, across the province of Quebec, a dish will be made bearing one name in countless variations that express the character and culture of a region...The gastronomic diversity is a sign of a vibrant culture.

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Looking down on a golden and beautifully crimped meat pie with a star pattern steam vents cut into the pastry. It’s in a glass pie plate on a wooden cutting board.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Guillermo del Toro is a master of colour, light, drama, homo- and heteroeroticism. He has a singular vision. This is brilliant.
Movie poster for the Netflix movie of Frankenstein featuring a tall, dark, and foreboding figure in a winter landscape.
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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My friends get me.
The purple wrapper of a Cadbury Dairy Milk Fruit & Nut Bar. Heaven.
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Caturday 🖤
A black cat with golden eyes rests his head on the back of a colourful book.
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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I like the avatars on Meta of men pointing guns, positioned to fire, that turn up randomly on my feed and are the first to like a post (my criticism of Apple). Is it a threat? Bought and paid for?
In the caption
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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On judging emerging writers.

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A bright green quote box with white font that reads: I admire the writers stepping up for this award. You have to be brave from the start and put yourself out in whatever way feels good and right. And knowing how many stunning stories exist without a governing bodies stamp of approval will keep you humble. So will the understanding that hierarchical approval is a patriarchal construct and fades fast, like lipstick and duck fat. The magic is staying with a trade for long enough to find your voice and your people.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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One of the best things about life in the West End.
A long shot looking down the Humber River toward the lake with a blue sky, lots of clouds, and the trees on the river bank in fall colours.
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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This is the third year I've been a judge for the Irish Food Writing Awards. It is always an honour. I have admiration for the depth of talent and Sue Campbell is a masterful organizer. Congratulations to Alex O'Neill.
An Instagram post from the Irish Food Writing Awards with a photo of the woman who won the Emerging Voice award.
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Makes doing the dishes tolerable. I long for dishwasher sponsorship.
Laptop sitting on a ledge over a sink with dirty dishes with a documentary about Alexander Calder waiting to play.
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Rose Levy Berenbaum baptizes Rothkopf in the forward as, “A bright new voice in baking.” Why is that blurb not emblazoned on the front cover?

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The cover of The Secret Life of Chocolate Chip Cookies with a delicious cookies on the cover.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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My friend Ghaithaa always sends me home with a package of ground lamb which is a real treat for me. Today I turned it into a ragu with fennel seed and it is divine.
Ribbed, fat, tubular pasta (rigatoni) tossed with a meat sauce. Small Ziploc bag of ground lamb.
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Gooey-Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies was my gateway into Marissa Rothkopf’s The Secret Lives of Chocolate Chip Cookies. The recipe is in the Soft and Lush section which best describes the qualities I adore. @marissarothkopf.bsky.social

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Three very sexy, just-baked chocolate chip cookies with melted chocolate that is glistening.
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Last roses
A side view of fuschia pink shrub roses.
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
A side view of a white faux wood-sided minivan parked in an old parking lot.
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I've turned patching jeans into a bit of fun. Another kind of therapy.
A patch of fabric printed with red crabs and embroidered blue lines for waves. A patch of fabric printed with one of my grandmother's recipes and embroidered with bright pink floss. A funky and colourful '70s-inspired LOVE patch with flowers.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Linkedin
Information barring full preview of the link of a CNN headline related to suicide and ChatGPT.
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Therapy
Full moon over the Don Valley Parkway and the lights of apartment buildings glittering in the distance. Salad and roast chicken and potato bake with homemade pickled peppers and turnips. Rainbow glitter slime.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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I put a sliced red onion and a few slices of ginger in leftover pickled beet juice. Also No Name pickled beets are 🤘.
A tall jar with a bright yellow lid partially filled with onion slices marinating in pickled beet juice.
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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The books I love don’t have cooks on their cover. I also don’t need to see a food photo...I prefer a non-literal cover. Cooking engages my imagination, and I like to enter the kitchen that way.

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A pile of cookbooks on a kitchen table.
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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The aroma from the toasted herb crumb garnish is enticing on the vegetable stew. The beans were cooked in the slow cooker with aromatics, crushed some of the potatoes to a rubble, and added sauteed kale and garlic. It would be delicious with an egg on top. Haute brunch.
A wide-rimmed soup bowl with a vegetable stew and breadcrumb garnish.
November 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I wanted Kin as soon as I saw it for no other reason than the artful cover that looks like a coloured construction paper rendering of a bird, head curled down to catch a golden egg. The image is iconic — an endless circle.

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The cover of KIN cookbook is a colourful rendering of a bird and a golden egg.
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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I can cook your Réveillon dinner for French Christmas Eve.

Tourtière with Harry’s Relish
Mme. Jehane Benoit’s Rum Baked Beans
Savoy Cabbage Coleslaw with a Rice Wine Vinaigrette
Pears Belle-Hélène

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A perfectly golden and well-crimped meat pie. A black cast-iron pot of baked beans with a layer of baked apples on top. Pears
November 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM