The Gourmet 12/2014

Ham on the grill.

Just like Grandpa down south.

A man remembers as a child, secret torn off tastes passed from scalding fingers

Perfunctory cooling puff breaths of caution.

Nostalgia for trial pieces of manhood dispensed like poorly recorded recipes.

The gist remains but so do the holes and questions.

Burnt ends of another time unknowingly passing down traditions meal by meal.

Tidbits of history,

morsels of legacy,

partial explanations,

unraveled genetic code.

One by one their lives become photographs and rely solely on interpretation in the retelling.

Change and time and distance

wrapped in family love.

Each bite fills you with home.