Concoction

#fowc #concoction Your mate ordered the drinks that night something tropical yet luminous presented at the bar usual suspects of fruit juices and your favourite tipple but there was something a little extra added to the mix – to bring a zing to your evening pepper and chilli to heighten the flavours of the pineapple …

Peach Pudding

#Napowrimo #peach #fruit #poem #response Peach, Sliced – by Inky A response to Aubade: Some Peaches, After Storm by Carl Phillips you can read his poem Here Perhaps the idea of eating a bruised peach after its fell headlong towards the ground could be considered hell on earth to a fruit connoisseur Put in a …

Something to look forward to

#Baking #food #pie #apple #pudding #writeclub Salford, 10th June 2020 The preparation seemed endless the pie dish lined with the finest pastry rolled out , sugared and buttered now sat there waiting for the filling The Smell of Bubbling Bramley apples merging together with sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon attracts the local feathered residents looking longingly …

Sandwich

Sandwich Scouting out the kitchen cupboards armed with two ciabatta rolls navigating your way through the meat in the fridge dark red salami and piquant spiced ham await with tempting tomato and cool cucumber in reach in the salad drawer coming together with mayo in a heavenly combination

Smoke

In response to the Daily Prompt Smoke The saying goes “There’s no smoke without fire”, and as it appears, the wood in the oven begins to burn.   Flames licking the sides of the grill slowly encompassing the meat resting there trapped in a smog of flavour   Occasionally seeing daylight for another brush of …

An ode to a cook

Originally posted in Goodreads.com’s poetry News letter – enjoy The master craftsman sits with instruments to hand. He looks at ingredients and begins to stand No Wood or Iron or Marble or Stone Eggs , Flour, Sugar and Spices the tone Chopping up flavours from east and from west to create a dish that he …