Tagged: foodie
so much gratitude
so much gratitude
for the small things, a piece of
ginger in breakfast
.
20230604:1855
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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
making apple sauce
in mama’s kitchen with dad – a
duet with four hands
.
20230114:2139
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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
.
20230113:1639
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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
.
20230112:2023
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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
.
20221128:1954
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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
.
20221127:1939
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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
.
20220929:2205
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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
.
20220921:1545
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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
.
20220525:2001
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