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7th Annual Thanksgiving Menu Poem
 
All invited! 
Online now at http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
 
 
Guest of Honor: Anne Waldman
 
Hello and welcome! Let me take your coat and hat. Please grab a warm cider
and let's meet the other guests by the fire. Dinner will begin shortly. This
is the seventh year of this poem series and our guest of honor this year is
Anne Waldman. Next year, we will have C. D. Wright at the front of our
table! So be sure to come back :-)
 
A Menu Poem:
 
To have a gathering for so many, a virtual feast in order! The concept is a
menu poem that I would serve if we could all gather in one hall. Each course
has a poem associated with a food item in that dish. This is a small tribute
to a great poet who has influenced us all. A way we can all gather in a
small moment of comfort together and raise our glasses to honor fine work.
 
Best, Geoffrey Gatza | Editor & Publisher | BlazeVOX [books]
 
 
Online now at http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
 
Or download the PDF right here
http://www.blazevox.org/Thanksgiving%202008.pdf
 
 
 
 
Thanksgiving 2008
 
        Guest of Honor : Anne Waldman
 
        A menu poem : Supererogatory
 
 
Menu:
 
        Aperitif
 
        Pear & Muscat Granita
 
        Salad Course
 
        Herb Confit Veggie Tower Lobster Salad with Fennel, Blood Oranges
        with Cilantro Spiced Carrot Fritter
 
 
        Soup Course
 
        Roasted Pumpkin Bisque, Apple Gelée with Cinnamon Nutmeg Cream
 
 
        Fish Course
 
        Potato Crusted Salmon on Swiss Chard with Champagne-Saffron
Reduction
 
        Seared Sea Scallops on Brussels Sprouts & Bacon
 
 
        A Welcoming Table of Plenty
 
        Porcini Stuffed Game Hen Resting on Red Lentil Curry, Garbanzos &
Peas
 
        Quilted Giraffe's Crispy Duck Confit
 
        Currant Stuffed Chicken Breast with Pear & Potato Purée
 
        Winter Tofu Tabbouleh
 
        Glazed Carrots & Balsamic Cranberries
 
        Braised Chestnuts, Grapes & Cognac
 
        Braised Lentils, Mushroom, Pearl Onion & Bacon
 
        Thyme Scented Acorn Squash, Roasted Zucchini
 
        Vidalia Pissaladiere and Cabernet-Shallot Sorbet
 
        Braised Bean, Leek & Collard Green
 
        Maple Sugared Carrots & Parsnips
 
 
        Dessert
 
        Greenwich Village Four Chocolate Brownstone Brownie Tort
 
 
 
 
Online now at http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
Online now at http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
Online now at http://www.blazevox.org/thanks.htm
 
 
 
Also Read Thanksgiving Menu Poems Past
 
Ron Silliman :
Thanksgiving 2007
 
John Ashbery :
Thanksgiving 2006
 
Robert Creeley :
Thanksgiving 2005
 
Kent Johnson :
Thanksgiving 2004
 
Forrest Gander :
Thanksgiving 2003
 
Charles Bernstein :
Thanksgiving 2002
 
 
And make sure to come back next year! Our Guest of Honor will be C. D.
Wright!!! 
 
Again, happy thanksgiving to all!