Party Favors I pretend it’s the fast and vicious future with a slow sax and 1991 looming overblack sheer tights, … More
Category: Flavor Town 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.
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “Beer Can Chicken Primer: Revised” by Avery Gregurich
Beer Can Chicken Primer: Revised never ask the scout leader about the troop’s beer can chicken recipe because you are … More
Flavor Town USA: Excerpts from ROSE MASK, service conversations by Jared Joseph
Rose Mask is a series of transcriptions of conversations between myself and the customers I served at a cocktail lounge … More
Two Poems for Flavor Town USA by Avery Gregurich
I Keep Guzzling Bug Juice, Thirsty As I Am I can never leave the Casey’s convenience store without myBug Juice. … More
Poem for Flavor Town USA: “Testimony (Toward JELL-O® Cake)” by Avery Gregurich
Testimony (Toward JELL-O® Cake) I am reminded of birth by JELL-O®. My mom kept the couponed color, no matter near … More
“Driving Through Geneva” a poem for Flavor Town USA by Avery Gregurich
Driving Through Geneva for Wallace Ferguson Driving through Geneva is not a peaceful practice, holds nopractical mayhem beyond a Cracker … More
Flavor Town USA: “Boxed Mac and Cheese,” a poem by Mercury-Marvin Sunderland
Boxed Mac and Cheese today i madeboxed mac and cheese on the stovenot the oven but it was still edibleand … More
“Two Little Stories about Black Beans”: A Flavor Town USA Fiction by Eli S. Evans
Two Little Stories about Black Beans 1. I was in my twenties and living in the sort of apartment one … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Sugar Eaters” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
The Sugar Eaters they was sittin round the fireplace sippin tea & eatin fruitcake on crushed velvet divans with bronze … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Shrimpboat Captain” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
The Shrimpboat Captain on the island of if,the shrimpboat captain dreams of geckosclimbing up cave walls,catching them & setting them free. … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Bloated Whale & The Barfly” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
The Bloated Whale & The Barfly we was sittin along the bywater drinkin white wine spritzers,when a dead whale washed … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Animal Garden” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
The Animal Garden follow the bagpipes into the animal garden,where the poet sharpens his pencils& scratches flea dog with a … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Lowcountry Chef” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
The Lowcountry Chef down on the banks of the Ocmulgee River,we ride that coal train to the steps of the … More
Flavor Town USA Poetry: “The Hourglasses” from THE DUST THAT SINGS by Alex Gregor
The Hourglasses when i carried my fiddle down to the river of silver,i paddled upstream through currents of molassestill i … More
“Shiny Shiny,” a Flavor Town USA short story by Mollie Schofer
Shiny Shiny When you live in a forest, there isn’t much to do but lie on your side and eat … More