David McKenzie

Freelance food writer and farmhand

13 Ways

This series is inspired by the Wallace Stevens poem, "Thirteen Ways of looking at a Blackbird."

For each piece, I take an ordinary food item and offer a fresh view on it. In thirteen different ways.

Note: The CFL Journal website, on which these articles were initially hosted, is no longer active. Therefore these links take you to an archived version of the website.

13 Ways of looking at a Prawn

13 Ways of looking at a Cucumber

13 Ways of looking at a Potato

13 Ways of looking at an Olive

13 Ways of looking at a Carrot

13 Ways of looking at a Tomato

13 Ways of looking at a Cup of Coffee

13 Ways of looking at an Apple

13 Ways of looking at a Chicken

13 Ways of looking at an Onion

13 Ways of looking at a Jar of Honey

13 Ways of looking at a Bean