Our recipe of the month is Korean Kimchi Haemul Soondubu Jjigae, a slightly spicy Korean soup made with kimchi, tofu, shrimp, and pork belly that is quick and easy to make and has a wonderfully satisfying texture.

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Our International Music Selection for this month is Minka by the Eva Quartet. The album is named after a traditional Bulgarian folk song that tells the story of a girl named Minka. In Bulgarian folk culture, Minka is often a symbolic character representing a young woman who goes through emotional experiences like love, longing, or sorrow, which are common themes in Bulgarian folk songs.

The Eva Quartet is a Bulgarian vocal ensemble made up of four singers from the renowned "Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares" choir. The quartet includes Gergana Dimitrova, Sofia Koushleva, Evelina Christova, and Daniela Dessislava, all of whom are trained in the rich tradition of Bulgarian folk singing. Their harmonies are rooted in the ancient polyphonic traditions of Bulgarian music, often featuring close, dissonant intervals and dramatic, emotional vocal expressions.

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Our International Book of the Month is The Hummingbird by Sandro Verones

A beautiful and compelling journey through time told in myriad narrative styles, The Hummingbird is a story of suffering, happiness, loss, love, and hope—of a man who embodies the quiet heroism that defines daily life for countless ordinary folk. A thrilling novel about the need to look to the future with hope and live with intensity to the very end, Sandro Veronesi’s masterpiece—eminently readable, rich in insight, and filled with interesting twists and revelations—is a portrait of human existence, the vicissitudes and vagaries that propel and ultimately define us.