What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

John Lorinc, Karon Liu

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English

Coach House Books
01 March 2023

Food & society; Cookery, food & drink

Nearly every culture has a variation on the dumpling: histories, treatises, family legends, and recipes about the world's favourite lump of carbs.

If the world's cuisines share one common food, it might be the dumpling, a dish that can be found on every continent and in every culinary tradition, from Asia to Central Europe to Latin America. Originally from China, they evolved into ravioli, samosas, momos, gyozas, tamales, pierogies, matzo balls, wontons, empanadas, potato chops, and many more.

In this unique anthology, food writers, journalists, culinary historians, and musicians share histories of their culture's version of the dumpling, family dumpling lore, interesting encounters with these little delights, and even recipes to unwrap the magic of the world's favourite dish.

With an introduction by Karon Liu. Illustrations by Meegan Lim.

Contributors include: Michal Stein, Christina Gonzales, Kristen Arnett, David Buchbinder, Andr Alexis, Miles Morrisseau, Angela Misri, Perry King, Sylvia Putz, Mekhala Chaubal, Arlene Chan, Chantal Braganza, Naomi Duguid, Eric Geringas, Matthew Murtagh-Wu, Monika Warzecha, Bev Katz Rosenbaum, Tatum Taylor Chaubal, Domenica Marchetti, Julie Van Rosendaal, Amy Rosen, Cheryl Thompson, Jennifer Jordan, Marie Campbell, Navneet Alang

Introduction by: Karon Liu
Edited by: John Lorinc
Imprint: Coach House Books
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 12mm
ISBN: 9781552454527
ISBN 10: 1552454525
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 01 March 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings ToC (tentative) Introduction Karon Lui (Toronto Star food writer) Culinary History Rick Halpern (historian) Johl Whiteduck Ringuette (Anishnabek chef) Jennifer Jordan (historian) Stuart Sakai (owner, Sakai Bar restaurant) Amy Rosen (cookbook author) Julie van Rosendaal (food writer) Christina Gonzales (freelance writer/editor) Personal History Angela Misri (Walrus online director) Perry King (writer/author) David Buchbinder (musician) Sylvia Putz (freelance writer) Mekhala Chaubal (lawyer) Tatum Taylor Chaubal (heritage planner) Chantal Braganza (editor) Domenica Marchetti (food writer/chef) Arlene Chan (historian) Nam Kiwanuka (The Agenda host) Eric Geringras (TV producer) Miles Morrisseau (reporter/radio producer) Michal Stein (freelance writer) Cultural History Naomi Duguid (cookbook author) Cheryl Thompson (historian/cultural commentator) Navneet Alang (tech-food columnist) Kristen Arnett (novelist) Marie Campbell (literary agent) Matthew Murtagh-Wu (dumpling entrepreneur) Conclusion John Lorinc (freelance journalist/editor)

Karon Liu has been a staff food reporter for the Toronto Star since 2015 and aims to link food with culture, history, identity, politics anything you can imagine. He's also an avid home cook, and his favourite utensil is a pair of wooden chopsticks his grandma used to use. John Lorinc is a journalist and editor. He reports on urban affairs, politics, business, technology, and local history for a range of media, including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Walrus, Maclean's, and Spacing, where he is senior editor. John is the author of three books, including The New City (Penguin, 2006) and Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias (Coach House Books, 2022), and has coedited four other anthologies for Coach House Books: The Ward (2015), Subdivided (2016), Any Other Way (2017), and The Ward Uncovered (2018). John is the recipient of the 2019/2020 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy. He lives in Toronto.

Reviews for What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Some essays are terrifically informative...But the most moving are deeply personal...With laughter, tears, and an occasional recipe that feels like part of an oral tradition, this collection speaks to the heart of all who grew up eating dumplings at their grandmother's table. - Heather Booth, Booklist Toronto journalist and urbanist John Lorinc collects stories, histories, family traditions (and even some recipes from food historians, chefs, and other prominent Canadians) about perhaps the most universal food phenomenon the world over: the dumpling! - Andrew Woodrow-Butcher, Quill & Quire What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings is a collection of essays from journalists, food historians, and other writers for whom dumplings are a vessel for understanding global and personal histories that include a number of dumpling-related debates. - Alexandra Trnka, Quill & Quire