Dead armadillos and overzealous sprinklers during a pre-dawn walk provide great material for a humorous quadrille poem in response to a dVerse Poets Pub prompt.

Old Bay may be tasty, but does a Baltimore-born seasoning really belong in the Southern Food Hall of Fame? A playful challenge, plus a worthy Texas Gulf Coast contender: homemade Zippy Cajun.

We learned about National Gumbo Day, so were’ revisiting the Glover Gardens Gumbo series and sharing some fun Gen AI art.

A love poem to a special ingredient that rises from slumber and transforms magnificently.

Answer to a dVerse Poets Pub prompt to write a quadrille (44-word poem) using the word “pinch”. Includes a cat, a horse and a crab and a reference to homonyms, homophones and homographs.

Another response to a dVerse Poets Pub prompt – a whimsical poem about a huge dinner that follows a structure that is both containing and creativity-inspiring

Pickles! Whether they’re hot, sweet, spicy, bread-and-butter, gherkin, relish, big dills or tiny cornichons, the pickle pucker is something I appreciate.

For that day in the future when the world has opened back up and all of us can exercise our God-given right to have pie tins filled with whipped cream flung at us, here are some tips.

It takes more than a gourd to defeat a grimly determined woman. Rose the Intrepid faces down a spaghetti squash with a huge butcher knife. Recipe included.