Pots, and Pans, and Poetry

By: Jones, Maryellen

Food remembers what we try to forget.

A boiled dinner carries a Sunday. Salmon carries myths. Wild rice carries truth. Honey can bless or burn. In these pages, recipes become vessels for inheritance, identity, and the quiet revelations that reshape life.

Each dish is paired with a poem written in a distinct traditional form drawn from cultures around the world: Irish chant, Welsh measure, Japanese brevity, Persian longing, Norse praise, and African American resilience. Structure becomes the anchor. Flavor becomes a memory.

This is a book about cooking, yes. It's also a book about belonging, adoption, anger, forgiveness, and the fierce joy of becoming oneself fully and intentionally.

Come to the table.

There's room for you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQBYD8SL
• ISBN13: 9798295649332
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Unexpected Paths
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"