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May 5
4 min

Recipes I Learned Over the Phone, Part 2: Pasta e rapini

Week two of social isolation, the week I learned to make pasta e rapini over the phone, was the week I started preparing for ...

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Recipes I Learned Over the Phone, Part 1: Nonna Lucia's Italian Birthday Cake

Cassandra Marsillo

Apr 1
3 min

Recipes I Learned Over the Phone, Part 1: Nonna Lucia's Italian Birthday Cake

I’m not one for long phone calls. As a kid and a teen, though, I remember easily spending two to three hours on the phone after school...

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Cassandra Marsillo

Jul 25, 2018
4 min

Why the yellow line?

Everyone who has spoken to me over the last few months has had the (pleasure?) of hearing about my master's project. At the beginning of ...

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Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio

Cassandra Marsillo

Jul 13, 2018
8 min

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio

On April 16, 2016, I walked into Anna Arcaro’s cluttered-but-clean - in the way it seems only a certain generation of Italian ladies can ...

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Cassandra Marsillo

Apr 18, 2018
5 min

Balconies

Balconies is the product of my course on Narrativity and Performance. Working with old photos and a website called imaginary landscapes, ...

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Cassandra Marsillo

Mar 25, 2018
3 min

What colour is home

A few months ago, I sat down with a few of my friends in offices, on couches, and on speakerphone, to talk about home. It started with a ...

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Cassandra Marsillo

Aug 12, 2015
2 min

Journey to the past: Cité mémoire

For the last little while, Montréal en Histoires, an organisation that promotes the exploration and discovery of Montreal’s history, has ...

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Cassandra Marsillo

Jul 2, 2015
2 min

Walk, talk, & fried chicken

I'm officially back to full-time work for the summer, and it's great! This week, I was inspired by the many "alternative walking tours" I...

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Cassandra Marsillo

May 4, 2015
2 min

Exploring Ville-Émard

Yesterday, I joined Joyce Pillarella – oral historian, graphic designer and educator - and a group of other walkers interested in learned...

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Girls (in progress)

oil painting series

b (2015)

Girls (in progress)

oil painting series

b (2015)

Girls (in progress)

oil painting series

b (2015)

Recipes I Learned Over the Phone, Part 2: Pasta e rapini

Recipes I Learned Over the Phone, Part 1: Nonna Lucia's Italian Birthday Cake

Why the yellow line?

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio

Balconies

What colour is home

Journey to the past: Cité mémoire

Walk, talk, & fried chicken

Exploring Ville-Émard