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Tag: cooking

The Recipe by Annie Borelli
Fiction

The Recipe by Annie Borelli

March 25, 2024March 25, 20240

“Where shall they meet? The deli, let’s say. Maybe she works behind the counter. Maybe he comes in for a sandwich.” – excerpt from Recipe by Annie Borelli #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Swamy” by Ranjit Kulkarni
Fiction

“Swamy” by Ranjit Kulkarni

June 24, 2022July 10, 20220

I sometimes wonder if people are crazy or from some other planet. But I am not complaining. Why should I? Not at all. After all, …

“Brutal Roux” by Elyse Jancosko
Poetry

“Brutal Roux” by Elyse Jancosko

October 22, 2021October 17, 20210

Becca add morebutter Becca. That’s no way tomake a roux. Don’t just measure on a whim.Your flour and fat. Or fluid and fault.Meat drippings, maybe. …

“Antidote” by Kate Copeland
Poetry

“Antidote” by Kate Copeland

May 7, 2021June 30, 20210

A fire sunset facing her, thunder didn’t show, how much she even wished for this sky to hurt, to rive in two, boiling the river …

“Dinnertime” by Ulyses Razo
Poetry

“Dinnertime” by Ulyses Razo

January 18, 2021September 9, 20240

Waiting for a chicken leg to broilI near the end of a chapter of Eco’s bookThe Name of the Rose.In my pocket is a timer …

“Moving Among the Changes” by Tim Suermondt
Poetry

“Moving Among the Changes” by Tim Suermondt

September 4, 2020September 11, 20200

The aspirations of man are simpler— a plate of fruit, a bottle of wine and my wife about to cook a chef’s dinner from disparate …

“Taco Dreams” by William Torphy
Fiction

“Taco Dreams” by William Torphy

February 17, 2020February 24, 20200

    Peg had made good on her resolution to leave West Virginia, and here he was in San Francisco, seasonless though it was Spring, sleeping on …

“Six Wheat Stories” by Emily Ruth Taylor
Micro / Non-Fiction

“Six Wheat Stories” by Emily Ruth Taylor

November 21, 2016January 15, 20220

1 My grandfather lived next to two wheat farmers. I secretly wished my grandfather was a wheat farmer. I would bicycle along the edge of …

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