{"id":24822,"date":"2025-12-18T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=24822"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:16:45","slug":"cooking-with-cohds-palacsinta-sharing-stories-and-pancakes-from-the-hungarian-montreal-community","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/event\/cooking-with-cohds-palacsinta-sharing-stories-and-pancakes-from-the-hungarian-montreal-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking With COHDS: Palacsint\u00e1 \u2013 Sharing Stories and Pancakes from the Hungarian Montreal Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Sonya Di Sclafani<\/em><\/p>\n

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In Montreal\u2019s Hungarian community, food is not only a reflection of stability, tradition, and assimilation, but also carries meanings of family, nostalgia, and joy. Palacsint\u00e1, a sweet or savory Hungarian cr\u00eape, is a well-loved and easy dish that can be filled with jam, ground walnut pur\u00e9e, farmer’s cheese, cabbage, and meats. In this workshop we will learn to make palacsint\u00e1 and create both a sweet and a savory filling. To accompany us, a member of the Hungarian diaspora in Montreal will be invited to share their recollections of palacsint\u00e1 and other food practices of the community.<\/p>\n

This workshop on foodways in the Hungarian diaspora forms part of my larger research project on the history of Hungarian-Canadian refugees and their descendants who made Montreal home in the mid-twentieth century. In my oral history fieldwork, I turn to women\u2019s memories of foodways as a way of tracing the intergenerational, interethnic, and gendered dynamics of forced migration and homemaking by Hungarian Canadian women in the second half of the twentieth century. I hope that you can join us!<\/p>\n

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Sonya Di Sclafani<\/b> <\/strong>is a MA student (History) at Concordia University, where she previously completed both a BFA in Photography and Art History and a BA Honours in History, with a minor in English Literature. She is interested in exploring experiences of migration, cross-cultural contact, East European history, and Jewish history. Her MA thesis examines the history of Montreal\u2019s Hungarian diaspora, with a particular eye to gendered foodways and food as a means of cultural continuity and disruption. Drawing on newspaper and archival research, she has begun to map the culinary landscape of Hungarian restaurants and food speciality stores in Montreal that provided spaces for inter-ethnic encounters, fondly remembered in some of the oral history interviews she conducted to date.<\/p>\n

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REGISTRATION <\/strong><\/p>\n

Register now with this link<\/a><\/p>\n

As part of our exploration of Hungarian foodways and oral histories, we will be preparing and eating a small meal together. Given space constraints, we need to limit the number of participants to fifteen. We will purchase food items based on the number of registered attendees. Should you be unable to attend, may we ask that you let us know at least one week in advance? We\u2019d then be able to calibrate our food purchases accordingly and\/or offer your spot to a participant on the waiting list.<\/p>\n

Please note that all our events are free and open to all, but registration is mandatory. For any questions, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca<\/p>\n

LOCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

In-person at \u201cThe SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation,\u201d LB-145, Concordia University, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building).<\/p>\n

COHDS\/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka territory, in Tiohti\u00e1:ke\/Montreal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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