Write a story in which a character cooks up something to impress someone.

Posted in Romance on Dec 8, 2023

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“Salted caramel daze” by Olly Peridot

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We used to flirt for hours on end in between school desks, not really knowing what flirting was. We met when we were eleven and the rhythm of our friendship was punctuated by the predictable sound of bells and the shared salted caramel candies we’d contraband during boring lessons. It was just a friendship, but the second summer we parted was the summer I realised how much I missed him. It began like it did the first year of middle school, telling each other that the two months apart would fly by and we would meet again soon in September. I ...

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“Sweeter than Spanish Onions” by Zeke Northland

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The moment that Maisey had been to visit her Aunt Hester in Old Guinea, she had been told, rather obliquely, that a plan had been made while she was on her way that she would be the one to make dinner for all of the aunts and uncles the following night. Aunt Hester had been told by Maisey's mother about all of the delightful experiments Maisey had foisted on her household - from braised beef to treacle pudding to stuffed pheasant - and so the aunts and uncles had been primed to expect a taste. "I hear that your sucking-pig left the house in...

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“Armand's” by Mr. Vescovi

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Armand’s I repeat: No longer can anything truly novel come from today’s restaurant kitchens— not even from the creative minds of four-star chefs. No entre, soup, salad or dessert can wow even the most experienced and savvy diner. Nationality or region—it does not matter: French, Fusion, Circassian, Sardinian, even Finnish—c’est finis. The decades-long Food Revolution, with its blending, tossing, drizzling, blow-torching, and marrying of ingredients to create fantastic, original combinations and taste sensations has reached its outer limit...

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“Love Starts In The Kitchen” by Dominique Stockford

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Rebecca sat on the bar stool, holding her wine glass, as it sat on the counter of the island that separated her from the heart of the kitchen. She was watching him as he chopped the carrots for the meal he was making for her. She loved watching him. She had spent months watching him at work. He worked for her father as a construction foreman. She spent many hours, when she was on site, watching him as he gave the other workers orders, or as he himself swung a hammer or wielded some other tool. He was tall, well over six feet, well buil...

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Write a story in which a character cooks up something to impress someone.

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✍️ 34 stories

“Salted caramel daze” by Olly Peridot

“Sweeter than Spanish Onions” by Zeke Northland

“Armand's” by Mr. Vescovi

“Love Starts In The Kitchen” by Dominique Stockford

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Start or end your story in a bustling street food market.

Include in your story a scene about a family's last meal before a significant change.

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Write a story in which a certain food makes your character travel back in time.

Contest #228

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