RECIPE: Vesna Cvjetićanin shares with us her recipe for delicious mekike.
Category: Folk + Food
Malban, or not
FOLK + FOOD: Unable to travel to access her favourite treats, Jasmine Soukieh tackles the formidable challenge of making malban herself at home.
Incomplete New Year
REFLECTION: Sanjaya Fernando describes the disconnect he feels celebrating New Year away from the natural signs that used to mark it for him.
INTERVIEW: Talking music and belonging with Lepomir Miladinović
INTERVIEW: Vesna Cvjetićanin talks to Lepomir Miladinović, a Serbian tailor living in Australia, who finds a sense of peace and belonging through playing the frula.
A Tarantella story – from Liguria to Melbourne
FOLK DANCING: Barbara Amalberti tells us about her folk dancing journey from Liguria, Italy, to a Tarantella school in Melbourne, Australia.
Extract: Tortellini at Midnight (Emiko Davies)
RECIPE: Food writer Emiko Davies shares with us a reflection and recipe from her third cookbook, Tortellini at Midnight.
Interview – Talking “Dancers Without Borders” with Darko Andreski
INTERVIEW: Darko Andreski of Dancers Without Borders talks to us about folk dancing across cultures.
Poha and Chai
POEM + RECIPE: Jolly Bhattacharjee shares with us a poem about the nostalgic feelings stirred up in her when she prepares a breakfast of poha and chai.
Putting love on our plates: Cooking with my father
PHOTO REFLECTION: Anita Patel shares one of the special ways she has learned to understand and express love.
Orthodox Easter eggs – Coming together to share traditions
FOLK TRADITION: Vesna, Dunja and Ella take us through their egg-colouring process for Orthodox Easter.
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