Annelies – Page 23 – the food poet

Blood Sugar Cookbook by Michael Moore

Chef Michael Moore invited a room of food bloggers to join him for a morning run. This may sound strange for a chef to be so up front about personal healthy living habits, but his story quickly lets you know that just like Jamie Oliver came from the UK to broach food in schools, Moore… Continue reading Blood Sugar Cookbook by Michael Moore

Releasing Your Inner Aussie

The life of a writer is at once solitary and demanding of community- at least mine is. During my stint getting my MFA, we would gather together at the campus pub after the day was done to dance, to talk and just unwind. Often, I would get the itch to leave the social in favor… Continue reading Releasing Your Inner Aussie

Influence and Accountability

Do no harm. While this statement summons thoughts of the medical field, I would like to consider a broader use of how it applies to the following questions: what does it mean to “do no harm” if you are a public figure and what does it mean to “do no harm” to yourself? Let’s take… Continue reading Influence and Accountability

Here and there

Something has gotten me by the craw, something that’s worked me into a frothy lather of words and spittle. I have written and re-written it, taking great pains to speak directly and then equal pains to curve the directness into more of a polite rendering of what one poetry mentor described as my “penchant for… Continue reading Here and there

Stracciatella Frozen Yogurt Food Photo Poetry

Stracciatella Frozen Yogurt Food Poetry

Stracciatella Frozen Yogurt

I’m a sucker for plain yogurt. It might be the one ingredient that is always in our refrigerator and definitely the one I lament when the container is emptied. Whether incorporating it into a savory or sweet recipe, plain yogurt- organic cow’s milk and full fat if you please and more often plain goat’s milk… Continue reading Stracciatella Frozen Yogurt

Twenty four hours to kill in Trieste

24 hours in Trieste, Italy. Our cruise ship had not been able to put us on the return flight the day we returned to port. Tired and with a surprise treat of 24 hours left in Italy, we decided to drop off our bags in the hotel where the cruise ship put us up before… Continue reading Twenty four hours to kill in Trieste

A wedding and a funeral

Good grief. Do you know the sensation of being emotionally spent? I am taking the week off to reflect on this past weekend. There was a wedding. There was a funeral. There were snippets of Portlandia watched to round out the heaviness with the absurdity of a micro-culture under scrutiny. I returned from Denver with… Continue reading A wedding and a funeral

Bok Choy Celeriac Soup with Avocado Crema Food Photo Poetry

Bok Choy Soup with Avocado Crema

I would be remiss if I didn’t say that my current obsession with celeriac knows no bounds. Celery root is mellow in its celery flavor and is great roasted with sea salt. In the past few weeks we’ve tossed it into salads , tried it braised letting it soak up the juices of the other… Continue reading Bok Choy Soup with Avocado Crema

The Rise and Fall of a Young Speller

From a young age, I fancied myself an avid speller. I jokingly believed that it had something to do with 18 letters of a linguistically head scratching long name and as many letters of the alphabet that can be squeezed in. It might have also been because I was a good reader. Once a teacher… Continue reading The Rise and Fall of a Young Speller

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