Pasta Love
...How do I eat thee? Let me count the ways:
sauced, buttered, plain,
sprinkled with Parmigiano Reggiano,
pesto, pancetta, bacon.
Rowdy rigatoni, flamboyant farfalle,
perky penne, funny fus...
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Categories:
parmigiano, food, funny, happiness, love,
Form: Free verse
My Life as a Mouse
...I awoke this morning in a reflective state,
Considering my life in the Johnston estate,
And my trials and tribulations as a mouse,
Living, as I am, actually, beneath their house.
Cats, bird...
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Categories:
parmigiano, animal, humor,
Form: Personification
It Is One of Those Dinners
...it is one of those dinners
leaning in the doorway, she is working
to her, this is a simple one
spaghetti ala Carbonara
she explains it to me as she processes
pancetta is meat from pork belly
s...
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Categories:
parmigiano, destiny, devotion, endurance, husband,
Form: Romanticism
Green Oboe
...ROLL ENOUGH PASTRY DOUGH TO MAKE TWENTY TURNOVERS EACH RECIPE
POTATOE TURNOVERS
Two cups of minced bell peppers, red and yellow(one cup each). Two cups of green onions. Quarter cup of minced garl...
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Categories:
parmigiano, africa, america, art, assonance,
Form: Ballad
The Pedicure Virgin
...I don't know what came over me that day - an instant of weakness after years of resistance, I suppose.
My beaming spouse leads me, a dog on a short leash, into the forbidden citadel, the sanctum s...
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Categories:
parmigiano, humor,
Form: Prose