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Write about a character preparing a meal for somebody else.

Posted in General on Jul 16, 2021

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“mie goreng” by Rayhan Hidayat

I’d rather be asleep.I’d rather have ignored your request at my door, small and pleading and moist with youth. I’d rather the song of your furtive feet retreating as quickly as they’d come had been a stray breeze in the night, or the cackling melody of mating geckos. I’d rather have curled deeper into the naked mattress that carves brutal shapes into my spine, because sleep is something I don’t get enough of.Yet here I am, groping for a light switch in a kitchen that I spend more time inside than my own...

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“Atropa Belladonna” by Kanika G

Seventy-two-year-old Mrs. Sharma, or Sharma Aunty as the neighbourhood kids called her, smeared a dollop of chickpea paste over the Colocasia leaves—Elephants Ears or Arbi leaves in common parlance—that she had plucked this morning from her vegetable garden. She then placed five leaves of similar size one on top of the other, each generously smeared with spiced chickpea paste, and began to tightly roll them lengthwise. Once fully rolled, she secured them with toothpicks and cut the roll into thin slices, which she began frying in...

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“The Medicine Girl - The Third Day ” by Deidra Lovegren

Although the synthetic ropes cut painfully into the Medicine Girl's wrists, it was the loss of her leather satchel that hurt even worse. She watched, immobile and powerless, as the RiverMen opened it, recklessly pulling out her meticulously curated belongings. They wastefully poured out her powdered herbs, carelessly tossed aside curative leaves and berries, ravenously ate the hardtack and dried meats she’d taken off dead soldiers from the Georgia scrapping fields. She watched them with blank eyes, revealing nothin...

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“A meal fit for a King” by J D Hernandez

Time and repetition are supposed to make everything easier and more fluid. So after 15 years of being in Lord Verks' services, you would have thought Elliot would have a hang on his choirs and the amount of time needed to complete them. However disappointing it is to hear you would be mistaken. The long to-do list only ever slowed down the loyal minion. Elliot raced from room to room, restoring order to chaos. L...

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“The Life Soup” by Angelina Tran

RING, RING, RING.It is the dinner bell, signaling that I go downstairs and cook. Today is an important day. Quickly, I rush to the kitchen from my small bedroom, the creaky floorboards announcing my entrance. The kitchen is empty though, and my flourish is wasted on an invisible audience. Nonetheless, my good mood can’t be lessened.I look around, admiring the kitchen that has been mine ever since I moved out of my parent’s five years ago. Having a tense relationship with them, I moved out as so...

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“Lying to sleep” by Sabeela Asmal

The daylight begins to fade as the hours get older and the night approaches. The sun has already set in the far horizon stretched above the roads over at the mountainside far off the city. A few clouds awkwardly gaze over the tall skylines. My stomach grumbles and instinctively my hand cradles the starved flesh. It's been eleven hours and thirty three minutes since our last meal.  I shift my weight and...

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“A Change that Changed Everything that was to be Changed” by Dhwani Jain

You sit down to eat dinner. Your pet dog by your side and a video-conference with your family ready to take place soon, you feel that this day can never get better. After all, this is one of the last days you spend here in this country. Your business is slow and you decide to go back home.You take a bite of the food, the food that you relish and serve to your customers with pride, or rather, SERVED.Within a minute, you start to mindlessly eat your food and you...

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“Birthday Mohinga” by Johana Htwe

‘Beep, Beep, Beep,’ I woke up to the sound of an alarm clock on my bed-stand. Its night light glowing brightly in my dark, suffocating room. It was already five in the morning which was one hour before my part-time job. Today was my 21st Birthday. I should be excited about birthday cakes, presents, and parties. But, right now, all I felt was loneliness. No one was by my side to wish me a “Happy Birthday”. I missed my home. The fact that today was my birthday worsen my longing for my sweet home more than any day. Would I be lonely on my ...

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“A Great Chef” by Alex Sultan

Before last week, Mohamed considered himself to be a great chef. CW: cannibalism Why lie? He still considered himself to be one. A great butcher, and an even greater chef. Who else in the colony could mask the taste of something considered so taboo? And to do so and receive compliments? Praise for keeping two dozen people fed? They would all tap their fingers on the cafeteria tables, watching the steaming plates come out with hungry eyes, even going as far as to ask for seconds. Only a great chef could do it. Moham...

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“Dimah” by Arya ...

The swiftly rising grey vapour from the burning wok started to release a burning smell of fried green vegetables and spices covering the warm air of the windowless kitchen. The chirring exhaust fan chugged in the smoke making Era choke on her breath causing her to feel a tingling up her nose just before she loudly sneezed, " Achoo! "Before she could wipe her nose, she felt a painful twinge in the lower-part of her belly and the familiar feeling of bleeding down there. " Oh no! No! No! No! " she muttered faintly as she ran towards h...

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“Fire and Ice” by Megan Sutherland

“Are you sure you want to do this?”  “We’ve been planning this for weeks!” a woman slapped her hand on the wooden table, causing the dishes and silverware to bounce. “Are you seriously telling me you want to back out now?”  “No, no! Of course not!” a second woman, her voice meeker, cowered slightly in the low light. Her pale, thin hands were clutching a silver vial filled with purple liqui...

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“Food for Thought.” by Lisa Massimilla

I knew it was a bad idea the moment the words left my mouth.In my head it seemed like a good idea, it wasn’t until after I mentioned to Luka that we should celebrate Thanksgiving together that I realized the mistake. What mistake is that you’re probably wondering. After all, it’s completely normal for people who have been in a two year relationship to spend Thanksgiving together. You're right, it is. What I failed to realize was Luka wanting to do...

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“What's In A Neighbour” by Serena Johnston

As I slave over my hot stove in the suppressible heat, I feel happy. Yes, it's stinking hot outside, and my husband never cooks, but I like helping my elderly neighbour. Which is why I'm sweating while cooking in the house instead of swimming at the beach. You see, my neighbour, Kate Milford, is very old and can't do much anymore. She doesn't have anyone to help her in the house because she ...

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“Dinner for Two?” by Colin Devonshire

“Morning dear, you are up early. Your coffee is cold, let me make you a fresh one.” She flitted across the kitchen and clicked on the kettle. One mug, two spoons of instant coffee, grabbing a carton of milk from the fridge, slopping a dash plus a splash into his favourite mug, the way he likes it. The kettle popped. A quick stir, and served in front of him the earlier cold mug hit the bubbly water in the sink....

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“Like Mother, Like Daughter” by Kathleen March

Nora is already planning to make a special meal for when her mother comes to visit. Her mother hasn’t been to her daughter’s new house in Maine and they seem to have trouble visiting each other lately. Nora feels guilty, because she thinks about her mother a lot and knows they should spend more time together. She’s just so busy with her job. Her new job, working in an art gallery with a view of Casco Bay.Maybe she hasn't been busy, she's been selfish. She knew she wanted to make her mother proud of her. That hadn't ...

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