The Hourglasses when i carried my fiddle down to the river of silver,i paddled upstream through currents of molassestill i … 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.
“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
Six Flavor Town USA Poems by Eddie Kim
Untitled(With Final Line from Roethke) An elegant and corpulent diner in Costco sweatsis dancing at this buffet—the way chopsticks … More
“Requiem: Fin Inn,” a Flavor Town USA poem by Avery Gregurich
Requiem: Fin Inn for M.T. Let’s debate ovals, acoustics, the moral virtues ofcurveballs. We’ll do it loud, live, staggering atopthe … More
Flavor Town 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
Flavor Town USA: Five Capsicum Poems by Steven Ray Smith
Tabasco I repeatI was not named afterthat vinegary tincture you sluice upon your cackleberries You and I have not … More
Flavor Town 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
Flavor Town 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
“After the Hot Dog Eating Contest,” a Flavor Town USA poem by Avery Gregurich
After the Hot Dog Eating Contestfor Dean Young I too have to start with a bite out of the middle … More
Flavor Town 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
“Friendship Noses,” a Flavor Town USA poem by Adam Coday
Friendship Noses The moment it’s worth it, I’ll eatthe pickled Brussels sprouts. —the moment I prefer the needleto fix the … More
“Debt,” a Flavor Town 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 and … More
“When the Chicken Slowly Cooks You Back,” a short story for Flavor Town USA by Harrison Cook
WHEN MY GRANDMA WAS ON the farm, she snapped around one thousand chicken necks and in one day killed, boiled, … More
Danny Caine: Three FLAVORTOWN Poems from HFR Vol. 9
Last Will & Testament When I die bury me at Randall Park Mallbeside the pebbled fountain where coiny wateronce bubbled, … More
Fiction by Marcus Pactor: “Cake”
—after Blake Butler THE CAKE REMINDED ME OF the twins’ wet sludge food. I could never shovel it well enough … More