The Five Senses: TASTE

 

MUSIC
Lyle Lovett “Church”
Ned Rorem (to an Andrew Glaze poem “A Journey”) sung by Susan Graham
Soundtrack from Big Night “Mambo Italiano”
William Byrd “The Great Service” Magnificat sung by Tallis Scholars
Louis Armstrong “Cheesecake”
Christine Hemp “Maple Syrup Song”
Toni Childs “Walk and Talk like the Angels”

POEMS
Hafiz   “Let’s Eat”
Jane Hirschfield  “Wine Grapes for Breakfast”
Frank O’Hara  “Why I am Not a Painter”
Li Po   “Traveling Song”
Christine Hemp “At the Blue Diner”
Etheridge Knight  “A Watts Mother Mourns While Boiling Beans
Aiden (3rd Grade) “Chocolatey Tongue”
Pablo Neruda “Drunk as Drunk”
Hafiz  “The Seed Cracked Open”
Levertov “O Taste and See”

ANNE’S PERFECT SCONES

MELT:  I cube of butter in small bowl

BEAT (lightly)  1 C. buttermilk and 1 egg in another bowl

MIX    (in a third bowl):

3  1/2 C. flour

1/3  C.     sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

to this dry mix you may add raisins, dried currents, fresh blueberries, orange and/or lemon zest, nuts or whatever pleases you

STIR (with big wooden spoon) Wet mixture into Dry. Then add the melted butter

Then KNEAD GENTLY with hands only so all the dry is covered; do not over-knead

SHAPE  into ball

on a lightly floured surface PRESS BALL into a nice circle 1 inch high

CUT in half, then half again and then again so you have 8 fat triangles

DRIBBLE with sugar, if you wish

PLACE on cookie sheet

BAKE @ 400 degrees for 15 minutes

VOILA! Hot scones for breakfast!

 

 

 

 

About Christine Hemp

Poet and writer Christine Hemp has aired her poems and essays on NPR’s Morning Edition; she has sent a poem of hers into space on a NASA mission to monitor the birth of stars; and her essays have appeared in such publications as the Iowa Review, Yale Anglers Journal, and the Boston Globe. Her awards include Harvard Extension School’s Conway Award for Teaching Writing, a Washington State Artist Trust Fellowship for Literature, and an Iowa Review Award. Her poetry collection, That Fall, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2011. Hemp teaches at the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival.
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