Using the tireless milk-frother on my Nespresso machine, I blend 1/2 cup of almond milk with one teaspoon of matcha, which is green tea in its powdered, extremely concentrated form (I buy mine from Teavana). Meanwhile, I quickly warm a 1/2 teaspoon of honey in the microwave (I use the creamed honey from Trader Joe's). If you don't want to blast away too many of the honey's restorative properties, skip the microwave and just hope that the honey dissolves when it meets the warmed milk. Once the frothing has finished its work, the milk will have turned a beautiful, grassy green. Because I don't dilute the matcha with water, the combination of milk and matcha powder will form a slightly thickened liquid that I find delicious, almost milkshake-satisfying (if milkshakes could be made hot). Last two steps: poor hot milk over warmed honey and stir. Yum.
Isn't that color amazing? It reminds me of my dining room walls.
The new year has also brought a lovely, very warm review of From the Fever-World, written by Kristin Berkey-Abbott. You can find the review over at Rattle. Since FTFW was published in 2009, I hadn't expected to see any more coverage of the book; so, this was a nice surprise to ring in 2012. Many thanks to Kristin for her thoughtful analysis of the collection and to Tim Green (editor of Rattle) for his continued support of my work.
And, finally, I have three prose poems over at Zeek. These three pieces--"Rules for Passover in the Tropics," "Land of Milk and Honey," and "Mosquito Days"--won first place in the 2011 Anna Davidson Rosenberg Prize for Poetry on the Jewish Experience. One of the really nice things about this award is that it includes both a monetary award AND publication. Of course, I should add that any prize also serves as encouragement, a little push to keep the writer writing. These prose poems come from my manuscript-in-progress, The Arranged Marriage, which has certainly received plenty of little pushes lately. I will keep writing.
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