A Literary Food Blog
Eat This Poem is a collection of recipes inspired by poetry (and occasionally, a pinch of prose).
Don't be polite.
Bite in.
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that
may run down your chin.
-from "How to Eat a Poem" by Eve Merriam
About the Author
photo by Hugh Forte
When I graduated with an MFA in poetry in 2007, I marched into Williams-Sonoma and bought a dune-colored Le Creuset Dutch oven with the graduation money I received from my parents. I didn't recognize the significance at the time, but food was beginning to define its role in my life. I soon launched the food blog Cooking After Five, and wrote it for almost four years before poetry tugged on my spirit again. It became clear this was the right time to begin a new project that combines two of my lifelong passions. (If you're searching for an old CAF recipe, the site is still accessible through my archives.)
In just a few lines, poetry can illuminate the seemingly small and insignificant moments in our lives and remind us that all the little things matter. I invite you to join me as we explore how literature can be interpreted from page to plate, and inspire our palates along the way.
~Nicole
**All recipes are my own unless otherwise noted.
If you'd like to contact me, please send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you!
e | nicolecooks (at) gmail (dot) com
ETP News
"So far the blog is very new, but it's already charmed its way into my heart." —The Kitchn, Food Blog Spotlight: Eat This Poem (2/1/12)
Publicatons
Christian Science Monitor: "Ripe for a Bagel Spread," (online and print edition; 4/12/12)
Remedy Quarterly, "The Global Table," (Issue 5, 2011)
Real Simple Simply Stated blog (11/5/10), Contributor
Migration published by Iowa State University Press/ Winner, flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment chapbook contest (2009)
Winner, California Writer's Club poetry contest for "La Jolla" (2008)
*Poetry published in The Allegheny Review, The Portland Review, Georgetown Review, Journal of Ekphrasis, The Birmingham Review, Natural Bridge, and Spectrum, among others.