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Category: Flavortown USA

Calling all gluttons, picky eaters, fry cooks, servers: get on the grill with the burnt edges for HFR. Welcome to “Flavortown USA,” where food writing takes on a whole new spin.

Six Flavortown USA Poems by Eddie Kim

  Untitled (With Final Line from Roethke) An elegant and corpulent diner in Costco sweats is dancing at this buffet—the … More

Eddie Kim, Flavortown USA, Poetry

“Requiem: Fin Inn,” a Flavortown USA poem by Avery Gregurich

  for M.T. Let’s debate ovals, acoustics, the moral virtues of curveballs. We’ll do it loud, live, staggering atop the … More

Avery Gregurich, Flavortown USA, Poetry

Flavortown USA Fiction: “Dangerous Soup” by Alicia Bones

  Diner comment cards from The Wild Boar:   “The soup’s the only thing I ever order because it’s the … More

Alicia Bones, Fiction, Flavortown USA

Flavortown USA: Five Capsicum Poems by Steven Ray Smith

  Tabasco I repeat I was not named after that vinegary tincture you sluice upon your cackleberries You and I … More

Flavortown USA, Poetry, Steven Ray Smith

Flavortown USA Fiction: “Cake Every Day” by Mike Lewis-Beck

  LIAM FINDS HIMSELF AT A crossroads. His wife, Carla, has exiled him from their comfortable Iowa home, and he’s … More

Fiction, Flavortown USA, Mike Lewis-Beck

Flavortown USA: Three Poems by Jennifer Martelli

  We baked pearls made of denture material in a blueberry pie —Efferdent Commercial The first satisfaction is the fork … More

Flavortown USA, Jennifer Martelli, Poetry

“After the Hot Dog Eating Contest,” a Flavortown USA poem by Avery Gregurich

  for Dean Young   I too have to start with a bite out of the middle part, the place … More

Avery Gregurich, Flavortown USA, Poetry

Flavortown USA Poetry: “On Eggs” by Evan Williams

  Scrambled  poached  over easy   over medium   over hard   sunny side up   hard boiled   soft boiled screaming   with tabasco   with … More

Evan Williams, Flavortown USA, Poetry

“Friendship Noses,” a Flavortown USA poem by Adam Coday

  The moment it’s worth it, I’ll eat the pickled Brussels sprouts. —the moment I prefer the needle to fix … More

Adam Coday, Flavortown USA, Poetry

“Debt,” a Flavortown USA nonfiction essay by Christopher Bowen

  ARE YOU HUNGRY THE WAY I used to be? When I was a culinary student, I was always hungry … More

Christopher Bowen, creative nonfiction, Essay, Flavortown USA

“When the Chicken Slowly Cooks You Back,” a short story for Flavortown USA by Harrison Cook

  WHEN MY GRANDMA WAS ON the farm, she snapped around one thousand chicken necks and in one day killed, … More

Fiction, Flavortown USA, Harrison Cook

Danny Caine: Three FLAVORTOWN Poems from HFR Vol. 9

  Last Will & Testament When I die bury me at Randall Park Mall beside the pebbled fountain where coiny … More

Danny Caine, Flavortown USA, HFR Archives, Poetry, Vol. 9

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