The pan we needed was nine by fourteen;
she gazed then asked, That’s circle or oval?
© Chagall 2014
Tag Archive: Cooking
In February 1987
before she passed, I asked her to narrate her recipes
and I would scribe.
To the day almost
these decades later, family is over and I cook her favorites
almost to a tee.
Our love
that winter dormant for so long returns
emerges as seedlings.
© Chagall 2014
Tonight while you prepare dinner,
consider the potatoes,
this year’s harvest,
as you brush away clay
baked on skins
of your own sowing.
Sacrifice every 8th potato
to seed.
Store the keepers dry
give them room in which not-to-rot
– in an airy place,
a room-to-breathe space.
Keep your ovens hot
and your pans well-oiled
– and hot.
Sizzle a spud
in sea-salt and oil,
thyme perhaps,
or oregano.
© Chagall, 2013
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