The Rain Poem

Micki McClelland
(Editors’ Note: In light of the recent multiple storms and flooding we thought a blast-from-the-past story about how the rain …

Gastrique: A Boiled-Down Quizine

Micki McClelland
Long a feature of My Table magazine, the loquacious knowledge-grilling-test-for-foodies Quizine now joins SideDish in a more modest condensed form. Reduced …

T is for Trencherman

Micki McClelland
I stumbled across an odd word yesterday. Completely in the dark about the meaning, saying it aloud tickled my lips, …

Confused by Fusion?

Micki McClelland
Ever wonder what scientists talk about at a cocktail party? Being types focused on what they are focused on and …

Do Do That Voodoo Gumbo

Micki McClelland
Finding fresh okra at the grocery store or farmers’ market can start a party in the mouth – a party …

Thanks, Dad!

Micki McClelland
“Oh my Pa-Pa, to me he was so wonderful …” Sung with unrestrained emotion by crooner Eddie Fisher, “Oh My …

Fung’s Praises Sung

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I remember going all wiggly with excitement the first time I entered the fenced circle to take a pony ride …

Rebellion

Micki McClelland
The Day My Daughter Took Back Her Tongue “M is for the many things she gave me…” From the song …

Goth Milk?

Micki McClelland
A Recipe for Horror Take an old castle, half of it ruinous. A long gallery, with a great many doors, …

The Persian New Year

Micki McClelland
Goldfish for Luck, the Wild Olive for Love, and Nuts to Problems Whether pagan or Christian, Jew or Muslim, Hindu …

Eating Oysters with the Walrus

Micki McClelland
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” —The White Queen in Lewis Carroll’s Through the …

Eggs on the Run

Micki McClelland
“Tis hatched and shall be so.” —William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew The egg is a curious object. As …