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Stirring Words Vol1 No1 - Full Issue, Editor In Chief

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The full issue of Stirring Words vol1 no1

Compartmental Condiments, Áine Budds

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"In the furthermost corner

Of this weary mind

There is a well-stocked larder..."

Recipe - Bollitos, Darianna Molina

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Recipe for Bollitos

A Recipe For One, Andy Shilling

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"It wasn't a dish well-suited to the sticky heat of July in New York. But I'd never cooked anything for guests before..."

Eating With My Grandparents, Karen Burns

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"My grandparents lived on the Main Street of our town, and I lived with my parents a mile outside, an only childe until the age of seven..."

Maybe Next Time, Shannean Gormley

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"It's a Sunday Morning, and I am hitting snooze on my alarm. 5.30am already..."

Sichuan Oil Tips, Nan Xiang

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Recipe - Sichuan Oil Tips

Goodbye My Friend, Nan Xiang

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"On a bright evening in July, a strange guy was flitting around my kitchen..."

Expensive Eggs, Emma Sweeney

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"Earlier this year, we made the not-insignificant decision to expand our family..."

The Soup That Made Me Talk, Darianna Molina

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"Sometimes your memories aren't yours..."

Recipe - Koeksisters, Lynda Pasmore

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Recipe - Koeksisters (by Charmonix de Vries)

The Hero's Entrée, Jane Sevastopulo

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"Like Cú Chulainn, my middle son Victor was born in unusual circumstances. In rather a hurry, he arrived in the kitchen; on the floor to be exact..."

Out Of Africa, Lynda Pasmore

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"I, too, had a place in Africa..."

Kevin, Sarah Ormond

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"I found myself on a bus to Baños in th e summer of 2012 by chance, having done my usual, the Geographical Cure, where one relocates to heal from internal ailments..."

Gazpacho - An Anti-Recipe, Jennifer Lyons

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(Anti-) Recipe for Gazpacho

Hydra, Carol Keating

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"The first glimpse of the island from the ferry is unpromising, a small grey, rocky ridge. Turning right into the port however, I am dazzled by the whitewashed ouses that crawl up the mountainside..."

Fairy Cakes, Aisling Moyles

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" 'Make sure you sieve the flour using gentle pats Aisling, like this,' my mother gestures as I aggressively shake the wire sieve trying to create my own indoor winter wonderland..."

All Is Fair In Love And Tajadas, Darianna Molina

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"Growing up, my favourite dish was undoubtedly the golden, crispy tajadas that Abuela carmen, my great-grandmother, skilfully crafted..."

A Mother And Another, Sandra Ní Leathlobhair

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"26 Greenfield Park was a solid detached house, in a calm, beech-tree-lined suburb in Dublin 4. It should have signalled security, yet for my grandmother, Anna, it was nothing like the life she was meant to live..."

Stone Picking, Pádraic Óg Gallagher

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"The frost of the spring morning was biting my fingers as I listened to the VW Beetle trundling off back down the boreen, in third gear..."

Gazpacho And Grief, Jennifer Lyons

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"A group of three of us girls, friends from home, are traveling over the Pyrenees in a camper van, getting very stoned and listening to Yo La Tengo..."

Pickled Hearts, Elizabeth Boodhoo

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"Find an outdoor market, best if not your own, ideally foreign, perhaps Italian. We're trying to get over someone..."

Editorial Stirring Words Vol1 No1, Editor In Chief

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editorial by editor-in-chief Dr Anke Klitzing

Food, Comfort And Community: Media Coverage Of Last Meals For The Dying, Tina Sikka

European Journal of Food Drink and Society

This article examines the media coverage of food in the context of community-based end of life rituals and death meals that are increasingly being observed by those undergoing a medically assisted death (medical assistance in dying: MAID). I employ a reconstituted form of media analysis that aims to identify and unpack the socio-cultural themes, values, and assumptions that underpin these food events. These include the central frame of plenty, community/family, personality, comfort, and gender. My objective is to provoke a discussion about how media coverage acts as a site from which to understand the significance of food in the context …