Christina Zani makes and sells pasta through her Instagram account @p.a.s.t.a_n.i.g.h.t. She celebrates old school recipes and distribution methods, in a new school and contemporary way by using social media to share her offerings, communicate with neighbors, and arrange in person pickups.

On March 19, 2023 friends and neighbors of the Cesar Andreu Iglesias Garden, a north Philly community space, gathered together for a pre-equinox celebration by spending the day cooking together in the traditional methods of many of their homelands.

Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods. Few places display this as succinctly and eloquently as the luncheonette. Larger than a corner deli, more compact and cozy than a diner, the luncheonette is an unpretentious, diverse, and delicious slice of life from each block–each a micro-universe unto itself.

“I remember the glorious time we had on the bay. My oldest brother let us use his rowboat. One time we went crabbing and filled the boat so full there was no room left for us. We just swam the boat back to shore.”

This story quilt reads clockwise and highlights the migration of Drema Benson’s grandparents and parents to various states, and, most recently, herself to Chester County.

Edwin Kendrick began working at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard as an apprentice right after high school, in August of 1939. He finished his apprenticeship in 1942 and worked as a mechanic helping to build ships, before he was eventually drafted into the Army.