To the Next Superfood – food poetry

To the Next Superfood To whom it may concern and who has ears to learn, what passes the test one day will fall out of favor. Even now, I try and savor my name in newsprint, the widespread popularity, my far-reaching availability, and the rich talking points that come with this gig each day: high… Continue reading To the Next Superfood – food poetry

Surprises by Maxine Kumin & a Tribute

SURPRISES by Maxine Kumin from “Nurture” published by Penguin Books, 1989. This morning’s red sun licks dew from the hundred California peppers that never set fruit in my Zone-Three garden. After fifteen summers of failure why this year do I suffer the glut of inordinate success? They hang in clustered pairs like newly hatched sex… Continue reading Surprises by Maxine Kumin & a Tribute

Wine and Poetry Gift Guide

Wine and poetry might just be the perfect Valentine’s Day pairing. Roses might as well go the way of tired cliches. Believe me, my first job had me sweeping a floral arrangement boutique and shredding thorns off long imported stems for the reddest holiday of the year. Chocolate has cleverly edged its way out of… Continue reading Wine and Poetry Gift Guide

Food Poetry Fete: Plan a Burns Night

Poetry has its way of coursing its way into conversations unexpectedly. I’ve given up alcohol for the month of January, except, of course, I’m making an exception for Burns night. Burns night. It glimmered as a side comment in the long litany of instruction on how to properly roll out and blind bake tart dough. Much like… Continue reading Food Poetry Fete: Plan a Burns Night

Stinging Nettle Soup: Greens in Winter Food Poem

Greens in Winter Stiff edged leaves want to stick fingers, prick them if unaware of their nature.   Winter has left us bereft, for years we knew what to expect. But now,   farmers throw their hands out to the fields, then up to the skies. When precipitation   makes some states quake, ours is… Continue reading Stinging Nettle Soup: Greens in Winter Food Poem

A Commonplace Book of Pie

If some people hanker for tearing into turkey on Thanksgiving, others contemplate the cacophony of porcelain stacked in a full sink and the empty table ready to receive a procession of desserts. The homely pumpkin pie doesn’t easily outshine pecan pie all gussied up in its garb of karo laced pecans. One thing is certain,… Continue reading A Commonplace Book of Pie

Woodberry Kitchen – Restaurant Poetry

WOODBERRY KITCHEN The taxi sped off toward Hampden. Wind lashing my hair, the road narrowed, the air grew still, as we approached Woodberry Kitchen in the refurbished mill. Sometimes a person takes stock of their inner merits after surveying stacks of preserved food in jars and the bottling of housemade spirits. That night, Romance came… Continue reading Woodberry Kitchen – Restaurant Poetry

Travel Poetry: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Adventures Abroad

Angela Petersen of Far & Wise and I share at least one thing in common. Both of us tend to be travel-hounds seeking out the exotic and tantalizing tastes anywhere our travels take us. And, she is a woman with a suitcase on the ready. Her blog, Far & Wise is a global grab bag of stories, culture, history and… Continue reading Travel Poetry: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Adventures Abroad