Write about a character preparing a meal for somebody else.

Posted in Fluff on Oct 26, 2022

Submissions are closed

Sorry, we are not accepting submissions for this prompt as it is not part of an active contest. Make sure you don't miss our next contest by creating your free Reedsy Prompts account.

Or create a new Reedsy account:

Why not check out our active contest?

✍️ 157 stories

“Soul Food” by Daisy Torres

Submitted to Contest #100

Mama always hummed during the rush hours.At lunch time, everything was busy, but we were happy for it. I even heard some people say she was the best cook in all of New Orleans.I sat on the floor in the corner of the kitchen, cross-legged and coloring."Yolanda! Yolanda, where you at, child?!"I dropped my colors and jumped to my feet, my dress swishing around my knees. "Over here, Mama! What do ya need me for?!"Mama turned the corner and found me. Her apron was dusted with flour.She grinned. "It's the biggest crowd I ever seen yet! You think y...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Ranch” by Chris D

Submitted to Contest #100

Largo wants to die. There's a knife in his hand, and he thinks about how easy it would be to just angle it up, right into that artery, to let the blood gush out of him. Maybe the feelings would gush too. The miserable ones, right out of him, until he could feel nothing but bliss. Bliss and stickiness, as he'd be covered in blood. What if it could be that simple? What if he could purge all the negativity out of his system with one flick of the knife, and be left with only the glittery emotions, like happiness and serenity? He sticks the tip o...

1 comment 1

Read story

“The Other Five” by Cass Marie

Submitted to Contest #100

"The Other Five" In southern ladies math, if it is ninety-two degrees with a heat index of one hundred, and your oven is set at four hundred degrees for three hours with two top eyes on simmer, and you are going through "the change", then it is either "hotter than a roasting pig on the fourth of July", or it's "let me roll up my cardigan sleeves, it is a might warm". That day was a "pig on the spit" kind of day. In the deep South, there are ways to avoid heat stroke, but...

2 comments 2

Read story

“Mema's Kitchen ” by Sue Catrama

Submitted to Contest #100

Jenna learned by her mema's side how to cook and make guests feel at home around her table. By age 3 Jenna was chopping onions and garlic, if the house didn't have the aroma of the two ingredients a proper meal was not being prepared. It took a few more years until Jenna could fill the pot and carry it to the stove for the pasta. In the mean time Jenna learned how to peel and separate garlic cloves to be shoved into a roast in order to assure just about every slice served had a sliver. Fresh vegetables from mema's garden rinsed and peels wi...

1 comment 1

Read story

“Louis and Sandra ” by Cora Kinn

Submitted to Contest #100

As the autumn sun began to descend a small smile crept across Sandra‘s face. Although her Sunday evening routine wasn’t new, it never failed to give her a sense of purpose or a warm, fuzzy feeling in her tummy. She cheerily called upstairs, “I’m going to make a start now!” then lifted herself out of the cosy armchair and made her way into the heart of the house. This was her favourite room and it was set up just as she wanted it- everything to hand- some might say messy but it made things easy for her. She rummaged through the cr...

3 comments 3

Read story

“The Birthday Dinner” by Ruth Smith

Submitted to Contest #100

The clock struck 11:00 and Darlene looked over at her oven. How did she mess that up, she wondered. She was sure she had timed out the turkey so it would be done before the 12:00 dinner, yet the timer said there was 1 hour and 45 minutes left to cook. She checked her rolls and they were raising perfectly. They would be ready to go in on time, but that turkey worried her. In Darlene's world, you don't undercook turkey. Jeremy was turning 18 today. It had been a difficult year, 2020, and Darlene was determined to give her youngest son the be...

7 comments 7

Read story

“SPLATTED CHICKEN” by Jill Campbell

Submitted to Contest #100

Foodies: this one’s for you. “Broasted chicken”, says Wayne. “I have a taste for broasted chicken like That Place.” “That Place? Which place?” “That Place—the 50s diner in Hart. My mouth waters just thinking of it.” Hitting all the recipe sites with the avidness of Einstein, the tenacity of a bulldog, and the dream of a Martha Stewart-worthy dinner, I scanned through AllRecipes.com, Yummy Tummy, and Taste of Home, among others. Who knew there’s a...

0 comments 0

Read story

“There's no one like Mom” by Retee Satish

Submitted to Contest #100

Hey there my name is Maya. I'm currently 22 years old, and well today... well my mom is coming to visit me...I only have a mom, my dad he left us when I was 16... my mother was heart-broken, it took a long time to get her back... but even when he was still there... I never felt as though he truly loved us...You see me and... my mom don't have the best relationship... When I was going to college... well, like I'm really into Arts, and I'm actually an Artist... Not trying brag, but a pretty popular one too. I have had many gallery's as well......

2 comments 2

Read story

“You can take the boy out of the island but....” by Charlene 🧙‍♀️✨ Boyce

Submitted to Contest #100

Ewan sat frowning, surrounded by cookbooks. He knew Gene wasn’t vegetarian. And he hated fish, which was perfect, because Ewan couldn’t cook fish. But then, Genevieve could be vegetarian, or pescatarian, or any other damn fool food fad. He didn’t know Genevieve. Chicken was safe, and he could make chicken really well. But was it too safe? I mean, you see your brother for the first time in five years, you want to celebrate. Do you serve chicken? Ewan had chicken twice a week. It didn’t feel special enough. But steak felt too… assertively ...

2 comments 2

Read story

“~The Perfect Wife, The Perfect Meal~” by Lena Martinez

Submitted to Contest #100

My name is Sofia Maria Thomas, I am twenty nine year old and I live in Oakley Hills. I live in a 2 bedroom house with my husband James Enzo Thomas. We have the perfect life here in Oakley Hill and tonight is Jame special anniversary company dinner, it is going to be a night to forget. I was in the kitchen chopping up the carrots and the onions to put in the pan. Some of the guests have already arrived, tonight it was going to be James Boss (Mr.Roger), Kelly (James Boss' wife), Jen, Mark, Rami and Peggy. Peggy entered the kitchen...

11 comments 11

Read story

“Extra Leeks For Good Luck” by Cannelle L

Submitted to Contest #100

I flip through the cookbook, a palette of colors flashing uncoordinatedly before my eyes. It reminds me of our clumsy relationship. With you, things are far from simple, good one moment and downhill the next, especially when it comes to food. I put the hardcover on the counter. (When did everything get so heavy?) The pages mock me as I flip past them. Tortilla muffins and sardine pasta smirk. Pancakes laugh at the loser who can’t cook to save her life. It was not always this way. I used to be a fine cook. But then you came along an...

10 comments 10

Read story

“Quarantined neighbour” by Shahnaz Parveen

Submitted to Contest #100

The summer before last year of college was supposed to be a fun one - a summer full of trips to the beach and sleepovers and spending as much time together as possible with friends and family. But trouble has a way of finding its way to turn their perfect summer into a living nightmare. Liam huffed, a heavy bag of groceries in his arms. This pandemic was nasty enough that the gyms had to close, and he could feel his stamina gravely impacted by the last months not spending time weight lifting. It was for the greater good, as the news kept...

1 comment 1

Read story

“Double Jeopardy” by Sue Marsh

Submitted to Contest #100

Double Jeopardy Suzanne Marsh My grizzly little story begins with a simple ad in the newspaper: “Wanted head cook experience required.” That wouldn’t work I had no real practical experience; just what my Mother had taught me preferably; not to burn water. I was disparate I need a job NOW. The lease on my apartment was due, I had no income. I decided that I would apply for the job. I knew the basics of cooking how complicated could it be? I rounded up my go to cook book. I sat down and thumbed through it; I hop...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Lydia and the Three Tenors” by Lydia Brattin

Submitted to Contest #100

Quite a few years ago, there was a man named Aaron, who usually spent his summers by himself in a humble Sicilian vacation home. He was part of the trio “The Sicilian Tenors” with his friends Elio and Sam, and they were planning to have a party at Aaron's house, which would be celebrating the release of their most recent album. On the day they were supposed to arrive, Aaron got a call from Elio and Sam, who said they were in town and ready to visit him. Since it had been quite a few months since they last saw each other, Aaron arranged to sp...

0 comments 0

Read story

“THE FEAST” by Onyxx Moon

Submitted to Contest #100

They are outdoor affairs, They are always outdoor affairs. There is an affair for every season and whether the days are long or short, it is always a joyous occasion when my guests feast. The table is long so many can come. The foods favored by many are spread wide around the table while the favorites of the few are placed in corners, still easily found. The feast of the summer is the most elaborate. So many good things are in season. I chop and sort, mix and blend. I mold and shape to please the eye and then the palate. Some...

0 comments 0

Read story

Load more stories

🌟 Similar prompts

Start or end your story with two characters sitting down for a meal.

Middle School – 264 stories

Write a story where a meal or dinner goes horribly wrong.

Thanksgiving – 202 stories

Write about a group of strangers — or people who know each other, but may as well be strangers — eating together.

Fluff – 153 stories

Write a story that involves a secret or magic ingredient.

Halloween – 116 stories

Contest #100

Enter our weekly contest!

This week's theme: Breaking Bread

$50

Prize money

893

Contest entries

0

Stories

Ended on 23:59 - Jul 02, 2021 EST

Won by Rayhan Hidayat 🏆

Title: mie goreng

View details

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

We'll send you 5 prompts each week. Respond with your short story and you could win $250!

Menu

CONNECT

BLOG

APPS

TOOLS

ABOUT

Write about a character preparing a meal for somebody else.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 157 stories

“Soul Food” by Daisy Torres

“Ranch” by Chris D

“The Other Five” by Cass Marie

“Mema's Kitchen ” by Sue Catrama

“Louis and Sandra ” by Cora Kinn

“The Birthday Dinner” by Ruth Smith

“SPLATTED CHICKEN” by Jill Campbell

“There's no one like Mom” by Retee Satish

“You can take the boy out of the island but....” by Charlene 🧙‍♀️✨ Boyce

“~The Perfect Wife, The Perfect Meal~” by Lena Martinez

“Extra Leeks For Good Luck” by Cannelle L

“Quarantined neighbour” by Shahnaz Parveen

“Double Jeopardy” by Sue Marsh

“Lydia and the Three Tenors” by Lydia Brattin

“THE FEAST” by Onyxx Moon

🌟 Similar prompts

Start or end your story with two characters sitting down for a meal.

Write a story where a meal or dinner goes horribly wrong.

Write about a group of strangers — or people who know each other, but may as well be strangers — eating together.

Write a story that involves a secret or magic ingredient.

Contest #100

Enter our weekly contest!

$50

Prize money

893

Contest entries

0

Stories

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

Explore more writing prompt ideas: