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MAJOR TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE CONTINUES. I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

THE WEBSITE WILL SOON RETURN WITH SELECTED HAIKU BY JAPANESE CANADIANS WITH THE MARVELLOUS TRANSLATIONS BY RENOWNED TRANSLATOR DAVID AYLWARD THAT APPEARED ALONGSIDE THE ORIGINAL WORKS IN JAPANESE. THESE APPEARED IN THE ANTHOLOGY PAPER DOORS, CO-EDITED BY DAVID AND I.

INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORDS OF 3-STAR MICHELIN CHEF MICHEL TROISGROS WILL BE PUBLISHED ALONGSIDE WORDS OF THE LATE PIERRE TROISGROS FROM MY INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE LEGENDARY FOUNDERS OF NOUVELLE CUISINE WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.

FINALLY, AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORLD'S RECOVERY FROM THE CRUEL PANDEMIC, MY WORDS ON MY GASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCES I HAD IN MADRID JUST WEEKS BEFORE COVID CRUELLY STRUCK THAT CITY, WHICH I CONSIDER ONE OF A HANDFUL OF THE GREATEST CAPITALS OF CUISINE.

DUE TO TECHNICAL CHANGES WITH THE SITE, IT WILL BE UNAVAILABLE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AS OF DEC. 12.

SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
PLEASE VISIT SOON FOR CHANGES AND NEW STORIES COMING SOON.

---GERRY SHIKATANI