
Desserts Here are some of our contributors’ favorite dessert recipes! __________ Peanut Crackups from Shirlee Jellum“One of my favorite holiday recipes that I make every year as gifts.” 10 cups popped corn1 and 1/2 cups salted peanuts1/2 cup butter1 cup brown sugar1/4 cup molasses1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon vanilla Directions:Mix…
Read MoreFlash in the Pan, Fry the Chicken, & First Holiday, Post-Divorce Colleen Harris __________ Flash in the Pan I sway in the kitchen betweencabinet and stove, catchingthe rhythm my father taught me. I sweep from drawer, to pan,to fridge and back. In the emptyspace over my shoulder I hear him,…
Read MoreChrist & Lucifer Share Cacio e Pepe on Arthur Avenue Maureen Martinez __________ …seize it with both hands and make the most of it. – Al Capone There’s a notorious Italian restaurant on a corner of Arthur Avenue in the Bronx where an infamous mob boss was shot in the…
Read MoreOur Day of the Dead & Vanilla Kipfel Steven Luria Ablon __________ Our Day of the Dead We bring bacon and peanut butter sandwiches,root beer floats, fried catfish. We bringwiener schnitzel, food that our dead loved. We bring photos of friends and family,my grandmother sitting on a benchon the boardwalk…
Read MoreCobbling Apples Kim Malinowski __________ Do not peel your apple.It is a waste of time.Some vitamins mightsurvive to taste. Slice neatly.Quarter then quarterthen quarter.Cut out the core.Spit over your righthip and throw saltover your left shoulder.Do not cut yourself.Blood enhances lovenot flavor. Measure the maple syrup.1/3 cup. Then pour a…
Read Morein houses of stolen bones Peach Delphine __________ what remains what lives within our wordsours alone progress incremental visibility necessity we are not coin in your currency salt bartered flesh expendable bitches voices unfiltered rolling off Gulf tangle lightning wash your greens in three watersfor luck stem tear wash again progress incremental clear onions bacon…
Read MorePièce de Résistance Jane Blanchard __________ I wondered if this gatheringWould prove a bit too challenging,But so far it is going fine—Or well enough—for me and mine.Once soft or stiffer drinks are gone,The potluck supper can move on.Our host serves seasoned roasted lamb;Our hostess offers glazed baked ham.The slightly stressful…
Read MoreOmelet & Her 77th Michelle McMillan-Holifield __________ Omelet We broke eggs sloppily over a Corelle cup,that little 1977goblet whose greensweren’t leavesbut a censusof mossy splotches, whose pattern of small yolk-yellow flowers was as familiar and delicious a memory as the zingof mustard greensin a grandmother’ssweltering kitchen—her love villagewhere she prayedfor her salvationwhere she prayedfor her babieswhere…
Read MoreFall Feasts: Nov. ’24 Editor: Vallie Lynn Watson Managing Editor: Karris Rae Associate Editor: Taryn White Assistant Editors: Robbie Hess, Leah Joseph, Jade Turner, Meilyn Woods Crystal White, “Enough to Go Around,” photograph Letter from the Editor by Vallie Lynn Watson Letter from the Guest Editor by Taryn White Prose…
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