Amy Secrist

Tag: cooking

  • Christ’s Keeping

    We make this life together, our own dusty prints over the road; our own hands making up and turning down the beds; our own mouths tasting the bitter and the sweet, the salty and the sour; like Rumi’s chick pea and cook, we are each other’s teacher, hitting each other with the skimming spoon, boiling in our passions and in…

  • I sweep the onion from the cutting board

    I sweep the onion from the cutting board into the hot pan; the slices quickly sizzle in the golden oil. Peppers, garlic next. The air fills with sweet steam and everyone wonders what’s happening in the kitchen. Next, the chicken, cayenne pepper, coriander, sea salt, black pepper. Diced tomatoes deglaze the pan and make the sauce.…