A first taste leads to another, then another. Just as in the days leading up to our family potlucks, there's excitement at …  | By Luisa A. Igloria on June 23, 2024 | A first taste leads to another, then another.
Just as in the days leading up to our family
potlucks, there's excitement at the prospect of eating
for the pleasure of tasting what someone else
has made. We've become too familiar with
the shapes produced by our everyday hunger.
The crackle from oil, the bite of pink peppercorn,
the marriage of mint with watermelon and lime
are so much more interesting. Before we leave for this
communal repast, I drag the old garden hose
out front. Everything suffers in this blistering
heat—the rosemary and gardenia, the twin
Japanese maples and pale hydrangeas. We
all lap it up, lean toward the cool heart of water. | | | |
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