Lying between
legs and ribs
for twelve hours
hot on wine,
flavoured with spit
and without
the required apples.
From page 427 of The Complete Guide to the Art of Modern Cookery by Auguste Escoffier, translated by H. L. Cracknell and R. J. Kaufmann (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1979).
To keep carefully and allow
the unsweetened cold to set
with a circle of white.
Arrange a bouquet
to be, just done.
There are others
who dwell too much on
an envelope of salt.
This will not shake,
if the shape of good
is a spoonful of light.
From pages 174-175 of The Complete Guide to the Art of Modern Cookery by Auguste Escoffier, translated by H. L. Cracknell and R. J. Kaufmann (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1979).
In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
beyond the last fish, it doesn't matter
how sudden a snow squall or
thin the ice, I would die
if I fell and miss a good dinner.
I think about food, listen
to the swirling snow and each
swoosh of oysters I had for lunch.
From page 15 of The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand by Jim Harrison (Grove Press, 2001).
