In his book Dear Darkness (Knopf, 2008), poet Kevin Young [3] has a series of odes to particular foods that meditate on memories of the speaker’s father and other family members, such as “Ode to Okra.” [4] Using Young’s poem as inspiration, write an ode to one of your favorite foods that personifies and addresses the dish as “you.” Explore the senses—flavors, smells, sounds, textures, colors—that are stirred from these memories of meals.