This week’s #FoodFictionFriday takes its inspiration from our favorite showcase for tomatillos, canned tarantulas and wayward ice cream machines: CHOPPED!
In front of you you’ll find your mystery basket. Your story must include:
Grapefruit
Baby back ribs
White chocolate
I was merciful and only gave you three ingredients, no time limit… and no one will be chopped. 😁
In the kitchen, our job is to make ingredients taste good. We use technique to elicit flavor. Not so with writing. We use technique to elicit meaning, attitude, WEIGHT. Consider a homey stew as a cultural touchstone. A macaron as a hope for a prettier, more perfect life. A bowl of cereal as an act of defiance. Depending on your story, a cake can be a cause for celebration, a source of shame, a procrastination tool, and on and on…
Even though this is a Chopped-inspired challenge, the ingredients don’t have to be used in a meal context (ie: no obligation to write about ribs with white-chocolate mole and grapefruit gastrique). But, like Chopped, consider how you can “transform” all of these ingredients through story.
I’m really excited by this one -- both as a writer and #FoodFictionFriday reader. In my experience, sometimes our most brilliant work comes out of the oddest constraints.
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