Mad Kitchen: Marjorie Chan’s (Microwaved) Home-Steamed Fish
“Early on, I decided, ‘Marjorie, don’t get miserable with food.’ Even if you’re feeling poor, if you need to eat, and you’re out, and you haven’t had time to prep or whatever, just eat.”
Mad Kitchen: Owais Lightwala’s Haleem
“I’m more interested in the serving of things than the making. My role isn’t to have the recipes, or to be the chef. My role is to take care of the chef.”
Mad Kitchen: Catherine Hernandez’s Embutido
“I love spam,” says Catherine Hernandez.
Telling the Story of the Murder Trial that Changed the Country
Fiction about a real-world tragedy risks sensationalizing the events that remain painful for a lot of people. But they also provide the opportunity to explore human behaviour, to directly address the impacts of violence and trauma.
Based On and Inspired By: How Artists Work from Real Material
A playwright, an actor, a designer, and two theatre creators/performers talk about what it’s like working on a piece of theatre based, in some way, in reality.
Mad Kitchen: Jovanni Sy’s Rellenong Bangus, via Derek Chan
Thankfully, Hong Kong–born and Vancouver-based Chan was (and still is) a capable home cook.
An American in [Insert City]: Life on Tour for McGee Maddox
Sometimes the little cities can surprise you.
In Conversation: Hannah Moscovitch
“What do you do with desire in a marriage where you cannot fuck your husband without the consequences being disfigurement and death?”
Mad Kitchen: Remington North’s BBQ-Style Wet/Dry Ribs
“Ribs kind of hold a near and dear place to my heart, which is comic because ribs are near and dear to everyone’s hearts.”
Mad Kitchen: Paul Amos’s Pig’s Head
“At Christmastime we have an annual cheese party that we call ‘Cheesus,’ and the centrepiece is the pig’s head.”
A Deceptive Dinner
The reality is that the turkey is actually chicken.
Mad Kitchen: Augusto Bitter’s Charlotta Primorosa
The move to North America introduced Bitter to his other greatest cooking influence: the Food Network.
Mad Kitchen: Morro and Jasp’s Pie Crust
“Individually we were both pretty good in the kitchen, but, for some reason, together it was a bit of a disaster.”
Hot Off the Press: Up the Garden Path & The Adventures of the Black Girl In Her Search for God
Playwright Lisa Codrington does not consider herself a thrill seeker.
In Conversation: Kevin Drew
“This is all I know. I’m not a lawyer, I’m not a doctor, I’m not a soldier. If the war comes, I’m fucked.”
Transition and Artistic Burnout: Haley McGee Talks with Brendan McMurtry-Howlett
“I might not be able to handle it. I might go crazy and run naked down the 401 or something. But I think it’s about trying to just be open to not knowing what will happen next.”