An Ode to Good Food

Bananas with almond butter is deliciously simple no matter what time of the day it is. Noodles with soup soothes and carries with it a sense of belonging. Rice and vegetable curry will allow you to see parts of you that have been forgotten, leaving you wanting to explore in your sleep. Juicy fruits make you want time to stand still while dryer fruits connect you with the ground and sweeter fruits remind you to slow down. Fruits with a burst and a pop are fun to stack on forks.

Fish might make you miss home and home might be in the rolling waves or the shores with the black sand. Land animals remind you of your place in the world, somewhere in the middle of the food chain. Bread fills up empty ditches and replenishes chipped cracks. Pasta grounds you and opens you up for conversation with the person across from you. Cheese holds together the broken and the wobbly.

Eggplant reminds me of my mother and her mother, earnest, true, sad. Peppers, the hot kind brings up memories of why things didn't work and what you could have done, the bland kind drives your desire to create, even if you know it will eventually fall apart. Avocados might make you feel unsettled but you learn to trust its character. Garlic is a good man and will never steer you in the wrong direction, people who speak poorly of garlic are misled. Onions will agree you were in the right and the other car was an asshole, but they will also agree with the other car had they been sitting in there. I have nothing to say regarding celery.

Find balance in foods, find mixtures that make your eyes widen, flavors that ignite your soul, perfect bites that makes your head drop back, eyes closed breathing slow. Find people to enjoy nourishment with you, lock eyes and agree without saying a word that the food being shared is a moment that deserves to be still.