Nostalgia: A Largely Culinary List

Tamales
Limp, steamed corn husks; a soft second home

Beans
The gelatinous bottom of bean cans, recycling, kitchen control

Tillamook Medium Cheddar
A surprise in the cheese basket of a Delhi grocery store, a space-time catapult

A Waifish Bicycle
From the market home, via the bookstore, to toast and paper and balloon; blue sunglasses

Strawberry Lemonade
A summer appropriate for stickiness, a thirst for freshness

A Big Glass Pickle Jar
A scoby, rice flour, a miscellaneous metal lid drawer, the craft beer takeaway across the street

Tacos
A wrist-to-elbow hot sauce drip on a cold night

Jim Beam
Avenue C, alone, a precious pack of Goldflakes distributed outside, dance-envy

Cilantro
The garden, the grocery store, the battle over coriander comparisons

Avocado
Earth butter, aesthetic wonder, the fruit that birthed a person