Tagged: foodie

so much gratitude

mama’s gift

mama’s gift
that keeps
on giving –
a box of
japanese dried
anchovies – for
every dish,
every occasion,
ready to be
crunched,
not counted
.
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making apple sauce

the tradition for

the tradition for
wok-frying peanuts is passed down
like a recessive

trait – one discovers the know-how
was hidden here all along
.
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every day is a

every day is a
holiday when baking is
your strong suit – a loaf

of persimmon bread rises
like magic, sweetening the air
.
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one to weigh the dough,

one to weigh the dough,
one to roll it out, and one
to make golden brown –

and not so suddenly, we
have fresh lefse in the house
.
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perhaps it’s only

perhaps it’s only
human to be always on
the verge of planning

the next meal – less of this and
more of that, none of those, please
.
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fried chicken on the

fried chicken on the
table, sweet potato fries
on the side – nothing

comes close to the delicious
conversations they evoke
.
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we can easily

we can easily
rely on one another’s
comfort food to make

it through, borrowing spices
whose names we need not pronounce
.
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no, not all soba

no, not all soba
noodles are created equal –
this is learned only

through trial and error, holding
constant all other ingredients
.
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