Four poets gather to launch the new anthology
Season Lightly With Salt: Poems and Recipes
from the Test Kitchens of the San Francisco Wild Writing Women
(note: Kathyrn Santana Goldman is unable to join her colleagues on this reading)

Oud player Paul Ohanesian will provide musical interludes
and accompaniment, and refreshments will be shared!

 

The joyful and sometimes bittersweet collection of poems and recipes by poets Angie Minkin, Elise Kazanjian, Heather Saunders Estes, Kathryn Santana Goldman, and Robin Michel to be found in this volume pay tribute to family, friends and community. Preparing and sharing meals with one another nurtures and sustains, comforts and consoles, and heightens our pleasures. Every palette will find something to satisfy their tastes in these poems and recipes from the various cultures blending in America’s stewpot. You will even learn how to read fortunes in a cup of Armenian Coffee.

“Just like poetry, cooking and sharing food are all acts of appreciation and connection—with ourselves and others, and yes, our planet.”
—Heather Saunders Estes

“Preparing and sharing meals together with family and friends transcends differences and builds relationships. Breaking bread with one another is one of life’s greatest joys.”
—Kathryn Santana Goldman

“Food has always been important to my Armenian family, making me think we definitely have a food gene in our communal DNA. When we share dishes we find a common ground that erases despair, elicits peace, and makes us feel one with others.”
—Elise Kazanjian

“I remember turning the food-splattered pages of an old cookbook, marveling at time-saving recipes cut from the pages of women’s magazines or scribbled in my grandmother’s handwriting….I still have the book.”
—Robin Michel

“I love to cook, and I love to gather together with friends and family over delicious recipes that we’ve lovingly prepared for each other—perfectly made things, just like poems…”
—Angie Minkin