I turn its orange roundness between thumb and forefinger out there in the sun. Tiny points of darker color mark oil glands in the smooth surface of its skin. A slightly flattened top with a white center shows where I pulled it off the tree, and a speck of black at the bottom is left where the flower must once have been. A few brownish lines mar its perfection – some minor impact during development. Already my mouth waters and …
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“Sheltering” & “Learning to Eat a Mango” * Poetry * Katherine Szpekman
Sheltering In her lust to comfort, she melts chocolate, stirs the swirling velvet in hot butter. These days are long. Why not write a sonnet to brownies; she hears the glossy sputter. Beats two eggs and sugar, pale and frothy, sifts flour, salt and soda like fine sand. Combines all; the batter smooth and sticky. Licks the luscious darkness, upon her hands. Bakes at 350 for half an hour. The fragrance is maddening, but must cool. Patience, in the memory …
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The Creativity and Adaptability of The Dessert Stand Sisters by Samantha Meddaugh
Brooke Smith and her twin sister, Britney Turk, are co-owners of The Dessert Stand in Westminster, Colorado. For ten years, the duo has been creating cakes and cupcakes that feature various homemade mousses or fruit fillings, topped with a thick layer of whipped buttercream frosting in complimentary flavors, and decorated in fun designs for weddings, events, parties, and everyday celebrations . “Our biggest key to success is adaptation,” Brook told me when I interviewed them in their large open-spaced bakery …
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience” * Taste & Smell in John Milton’s Paradise Lost
The opening lines of Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton are perhaps some of the most recognizable in all of western literature, and they begin with taste—the oh-so-delicious taste of good and evil that will get humans kicked out of Eden forever: Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruitOf that forbidden tree whose mortal tasteBrought death into the World, and all our woe,With loss of Eden, till one greater ManRestore us, and regain the blissful seat,Sing, Heavenly Muse,… A quick …
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5 Aromatic Poems by William Doreski
The Sweet Purple Scent of Wild Grapes Swimming in the Scantic River in the hot swarms of gnats and sweet purple scent of wild grapes: boys and girls splashing naked together, school looming a few weeks ahead. As the afternoon wanes we leap dripping and pink from the lukewarm fish-smelling current and dress and run off in creepy little gangs, boys sneering and girls aloof as if we didn’t know each other, going home to hot dogs and beans. …