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Essays weaving food and culture, memory, history and politics together.

Free Subscription Benefits

  • One to two free posts a month

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Access to the full archive
  • Recipes, experimental essays and poetry, hand-drawn illustrations
  • Future possibilities include: stickers, an annual zine, access to workshops

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  • ยฃ45 a year
  • ยฃ5 a month

About Apoorva Sripathi

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