Season 2, Episode 4: These Past Two Years and How Things Are Now

Just another update on things today and how we have been dealing with pandemic life. How have YOU been dealing? Do you have any permanent changes in your life? Are you back at the office full time? Working form home?… Continue Reading

Diversity, Universality and ‘Bao’

I first saw the Pixar short, Bao, a while back, but recently revisited the story after purchasing the Little Golden Books (I didn’t think they still existed – I only checked after watching the season premiere of This is Us,… Continue Reading

Kids of Immigrants Cook Uniquely…

…and that’s the way it SHOULD BE. Karon Liu’s article in the Toronto Star about how he (and not just professional chefs) cooks more fusion-y, acknowledging both his ancestral culture (Chinese/Hong Kong) and the country where he was raised (Canada)… Continue Reading

Holiday Special: Our Big Fat Multi-Faith, Multi-Cultural Holiday Season

Cynthia not only discusses how her multiethnic/faith family celebrates December holidays, but also how she, as a child of immigrants celebrated when she was younger. Is your family multi-faith and/or multi-ethnic or cultural? What are YOUR family traditions? Do tell!!!… Continue Reading

Season 1 Finale: That’s a Wrap (aka My Favourites)

Apologies (again) for the delay. Crazy things get in the way, don’t they? Don’t worry, nothing bad happened. We’re all healthy and Jr. Mintz is really enjoying preschool! Anyway, here’s the season 1 finale (but it isn’t the last episode… Continue Reading

19+ Months of Pandemic Life: What I Did

I’m FINALLY posting this! Apologies for the delay….I had some website and email issues last week which lasted several days. It wasn’t completely fixed until the weekend! Maybe I’ll talk about this in a future post. But without further adieu,… Continue Reading