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

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

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

Tabasco I repeatI was not named afterthat vinegary tincture you sluice upon your cackleberries You and I have not … More

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

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 Contestfor Dean Young I too have to start with a bite out of the middle … More

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

Friendship Noses The moment it’s worth it, I’ll eatthe pickled Brussels sprouts. —the moment I prefer the needleto fix the … More

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

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

Last Will & Testament When I die bury me at Randall Park Mallbeside the pebbled fountain where coiny wateronce bubbled, … More

—after Blake Butler THE CAKE REMINDED ME OF the twins’ wet sludge food. I could never shovel it well enough … More