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The Bite

Rushani Epa

Musings on food, identity, memory and migration. One weekly bite at a time by Rushani Epa.

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From gyros to hero

A little aside: I’ve just cleared the cobwebs off my TikTok account and created a video on this topic, a process I found both excruciatingly painful and deeply embarrassing. I would very much appreciate it if you would consider following me...

9 months ago
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"There are starving children in Africa"

I rarely sat at the table with my family at dinnertime. Dinner would often sit on my lap, lit by the glow of the TV and the evening news. Or on the coffee table, directly in front of my gaze as I sat cross-legged on the floor. On the odd oc...

10 months ago
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Go on, eat the head... cheese

The slice looked like stained glass. I held it up to the light, admiring the marbled fat and delicate layers, then took a bite of what was essentially a gelatinous streak of pig’s head. Not long ago, I was a vegetarian, and now I’m living i...

a year ago
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Welcome to The Bite

Starting this week, I’ll be writing The Bite, a weekly dispatch that lives somewhere between a personal essay and a food diary. Sometimes it’ll be about what I’m eating and why, sometimes it’ll be more critical or political, and sometimes i...

a year ago
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Living in the unknown: What is authenticity?

I had the joy of writing a piece for the latest issue of Tart Magazine, an independent magazine created with such care and intention by my friend Sasha and her brilliant team.

Tart is a true sensory experience. From the soft GSM that makes...

a year ago
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    Journalist, editor, publisher and literary agent covering food, travel, identity and sustainability. Originally from Melbourne, now based in Lucca, Italy.

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