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Archive note: From Autumn 2026 onward, individual contributions are available as separate PDFs. Earlier issues are preserved as complete-issue PDFs; their tables of contents identify each contribution and its location within the issue.
Amaranth Journal of Food Writing and Art was renamed Amaranth Journal of Food Writing, Art & Design in 2024.

Earlier issues are dated by year and season. Exact day-level publication dates are not uniformly available for the earlier archive; current issue/s include their publication dates where available.

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Hinweis zum Archiv: Ab Herbst 2026 sind einzelne Beiträge als separate PDF-Dateien verfügbar. Frühere Ausgaben werden als vollständige PDF-Dateien archiviert; die jeweiligen Inhaltsverzeichnisse geben Aufschluss über die einzelnen Beiträge und ihre Position innerhalb der Ausgabe.
Amaranth Journal of Food Writing and Art wurde im Jahr 2024 in Amaranth Journal of Food Writing, Art & Design umbenannt.

Frühere Ausgaben sind nach Jahr und Jahreszeit datiert. Für das frühere Archiv sind keine einheitlichen Tagesangaben zum Veröffentlichungsdatum verfügbar; aktuelle Ausgaben enthalten ihr Veröffentlichungsdatum, sofern verfügbar.

 

 

CURRENT ISSUE

 

The Autumn 2026 Issue [Volume 5, Issue 2] of

Amaranth Journal of Food Writing, Art & Design

has now been published!

 

CONTENTS 

Editor’s Letter 

 

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Ruby Red 

by Rebecca Clifford           

Übertritt  |  Schokozeit meiner Kindheit  | Erdbeeren 

by Oliver Fahn

Soda Bread  |  Bread and Beer  

by Allison Burris

Les Gaufres de Liège 

by Ann Fisher-Wirth

When the Dead Come for Dinner 

by Christopher Woods

Something

by Cathy Barber

Peach 1  |   Peach 2 

by Cynthia Yatchman

Tiger, Tiger 

by Stephen Connolly

 

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Ne utrum  

by Philipp Ammon

Late September,  |  Long Before Eurylochus Killed the Cattle of Helios,  

by Carlene M. Gadapee 

Gruel and Unusual

by Tony Robles

Loving Cashews 

by Cynthia Pratt

Day-After Corn

by Matt McGee

Secular Spirituality

by Brian Cronwall

I Tasted a Peach and It was So Very Good

by Pamela Scott

Ode to Robert G. Johnson and his Heirloom Tomatoes

by Suellen Wedmore

Tomato in a Vase  |  Unwashed Skillet, Seal Beach, CA  38

by Roger Camp

A Kitchen is a Sanctuary 

by Louis Faber

Firmness Index: A Behavioral Study 

by Tamara-Lee Brereton-Karabetsos

 

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The Mennonite Squash  |  Picking Olives 

by Leonore Wilson

Ode to Leftover Pizza 

by Sali Andiamo Siyaya

The Appetite 

by Sarah Islam

Satay  |  Glutinous Rice 

by Kian Seh Low

the ferment  

by elle brown

oh, to be a caviar spoon  

by Lucinda Trew

Eggshell Preserves

by Tess Lockhart

Breakfast Tacos 

by Joe Coy

The Soul of the Broth 

by Goutam Bhattacharyya

Spell  |  Sugar 

by V. Bray

Ode to Avgolemono Soup  

by Douglas Jones

 

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Museum of Meals: In Conversation with Itamar Gilboa  

 

 

 

PREVIOUS ISSUES

[Archived]

 

Volume 5, Issue 1

of

Amaranth Journal of Food Writing, Art & Design

Published: Summer 2026

 

 

CONTENTS

Editor’s Letter

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The Empty Stage
by Huina Zheng

Gingerbread Houses 
by Leila Lois

Childhood Juice: The Root of the Soul 
by Scardavino

The Crying Man 
by Marc Rosenberg

Unamused-Bouche 
by Karin Doucette

 

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let us circle  |  Ode to Rice: Brown, White, Basmati, Long, Short, Sticky
by Alexandra Risley Schroeder

Treatise of Saffron
by Jing Min Tan

Picking Blackberries 
by Danny P. Barbare

Proof of Love  |   Reckless June
by Elaine Harootunian Reardon

Recipes 
by Laura Buxbaum

Plenty
by Christopher Ringrose

Glazed Blue Moon Cake  |  Acoustic Coffee
by P. M. Flynn

Tasting Eternity
by Nolo Segundo

how to lose the appetite for knives
by Margaret Owen Ruckert

Well Fed  |  Staying Steady
by Drema Drudge

Coffee (on the prairie)
by Jeremy Nathan Marks

How to Make a Lamb Stew  |  Salutation to the Ordinary Feast
by Khayelihle Benghu

Full…  |  Kitchen Circus: Mama Makes Soup
by Jeanice Eagan Davis

Dandelion is a Lettuce  |  With That, a Food Disappears from Our Menus 
by Terry Trowbridge

In Praise of Pot Roast 
by Claire Poole

How to Leave a Room 
by Christian Lozada

 

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Collages 
by Emily Krill

Stir-fry Meatloaf
Food Design by Duane L. Herrmann

Dessert Eyes 
Photograph by Rachel Turney

The Fish 
Painting by Susan L. Pollet

 

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Unbidden Appetites: In Conversation with Bhaskar Hazarika 

 

 

 

 

Volume 4, Issue 2

of

Amaranth Journal of Food Writing, Art & Design

Published: Autumn 2025

 

 

CONTENTS

Editor’s Letter

 

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The Elegance of a Nasturtium Salad  |  Long Blue Goodbye 

Poems by David Philip Ireland

After: Grandad Makes Breakfast, 1981 

A Poem by Marceline White

Der Apfel im Magen 

Ein Gedicht von Oliver Fahn

Tomatoes  

A Poem by Mike Maggio

Strawberry Patch Senryū  |  Why I Don’t Write Recipe Poems 

Poems by Cortney Collins

 Alchemy in the Kitchen 

A Poem by Sharon Berg

Saltless  |  If a Grudge Were Fruits-of-the-Forest Pie 

Poems by Cynthia Hilts

 

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Café Damascus 

A Flash Fiction by Nicky Torode

Haleem  |  Making Qabili Palaw with My Mom  |  Mulberries 

Poems by Homa Mojadidi

The Octopus 

A Prose-poem by Raynal Somiah

Home

A Memoir by Gillian Barlow

 An Ode to Oranges 

A Poem by Olivia D’Zavala

 The Rotten Watermelon 

  A Watercolor Painting by Fergana Kocadoru Özgör 

Coffee  |  Do You Know Me?  |  Panis Domum 

Poems by Carlene M. Gadapee

The Chicken Comes Home 

A Memoir by George Yatchisin

 Der letzte Schluck 

Eine Flash-Fiktion von Oliver Fahn

 

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In Conversation with Visual Artist Yuko Kurihara 

 Alligator Pears~Georgia O’Keeffe, 1920-21 | Apple Family 3 ~Georgia O’Keeffe, 1921 | Corn, No. 2 ~Georgia O’Keeffe, 1924 

Poems by Jesse Curran

Orange Honeysuckle and Sea Salt 

A Memoir by Olivia D’Zavala

Water, Water 

A Personal Essay by Kaumudi Marathé

Aftertaste 

A Poem by Bill Zaget

Fishborne 

A Digital Illustration by Cumhur Okay Özgür

 

 

 

Volume 4, Issue 1

of

Amaranth Journal of Food Writing, Art & Design

Published: Summer 2025

 

CONTENTS

 Editor’s Letter

 

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In Kigali 

A Haiku by Suzanne Kamata

Low Man’s Meal  |  Ode to Cheese 

Poems by Rebecca Surmont

Pure Love 

A Flash Fiction by Pam Martin-Lawrence

Coffee Pushers Anonymous 

A Prose Poem by Diana Raab

Mooncake 

A Flash Fiction by Huina Zheng

Mornings with Lavender  |  A Kiss of Sweet Neem 

Artworks by Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad

No Ideas but in Calories 

A Poem by Kirby Olson

Choc-ripple Blancmange—No Stranger to Strange  |  Salad Faze  |  Chicken Pie—A Short Heated History 

Poems by Margaret Owen Ruckert

Grapefruit 

A Poem by Claire Poole 

 

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Creamy Cajun Chicken 

A Creative Nonfiction by Marianne L. Berghuis

Beetroot  |  Darkling Things  |  Un-forgetting 

Poems by Saima Afreen

The Sichuan Sensation  |  A Mediterranean Midnight  |  A Proper Mexican Street 

Poems by Christian Emecheta

Adam and Eve  |  Branches of Grapes 

Paintings by Aliaksandra Markava

 

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Between Plates and Memories: A Story of Us 

A Memoir by Odbayar Dorj

Grandmother’s Kitchen 

A Poem by Danny P. Barbare

Tsinoy Treats 

A Personal Essay by Christine Marie Lim Magpile

The Bitter and the Sweet 

A Creative Nonfiction by Suzanne Kamata

Apples  |  Aronia Berries 

Watercolor Paintings by Vivienne E. Bretherick

 

 

 

Volume 3, Issue 2

of

Amaranth Journal of Food Writing, Art & Design

Published: Autumn 2024

CONTENTS

Editor’s Letter

 

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Andalusian Tapas

A Photo-poem by Katherine Weinmann

Why I Cook  |  The Cutting

Poems by Lennie Hay

Caciocavallo Cheese

A Poem by LindaAnn LoSchiavo

(Not Entirely) New World Rituals

A Prose-poem by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub

The Good Egg

A Poem by Bruce Morton

White on White

A Photo Series by Rakhi Sarkar

 

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Green Chile  |  A Kiss with Pasta  |  Dinner Together, Apart

Poems by Gregory W. Boller

Under the Constellation of Auriga

A Memoir by Georgia Xanthopoulou

Ode to the Palta

A Poem by Ulrike Durán Bravo

Onam in Austin

A Poem by P. Mary Vidya Porselvi

Fishing King

A Poem by Richard Stimac

To Hide  |  Dinner in Patras, Greece

Poems by A.D. Capili

The Portrait of a Mushroom

A Pencil Sketch by John Wilson

 

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Gilfeather Turnips  |  Late Harvest  |  My Body Welcomes Autumn

Poems by Elaine Reardon

Crab Apple Kutcha

A Memoir by Mandy Ruthnum

Ode to the Peach

A Poem by Pat Owen

Superbowl Sunday

A Poem by Joseph Mills

Leftovers

A Poem by Rachel Larensen

Die Orangen von Mondrian

Eine Collage von Dana Miller

 

 

 

Volume 3, Issue 1 

of

Amaranth Journal of Food Writing, Art & Design

Published: Summer 2024

Volume 3, Issue 1 [Summer 2024]

 

CONTENTS

Editor’s Letter

 

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Family Footnotes 

by Lisa Rosenberg

Quinoa Fried Rice 

by Huina Zheng

La Dolce Vita

by Emile Braun

Another Day

by Henry Vinicio Valerio Madriz

Letter from Nagasaki

by Susanne Lee

 

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Summer’s Last Tomato  |  Repast  |  Harvest

by Peg Robarchek

Espresso  |  Mother’s Red Shopping Cart

by Claudia M. Reder

Breakfast  |  Neighbour

by Laura Mills

Once Upon A Time

by Ann Iverson

Ordering Food

by Raymond Miller

 Food of the Dead  |  Canned  

by M.A. Dubbs

Tofu Haikus

by  Dan Brook

 

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Circle

by Alessandro Arnaboldi

A Watercolor Series about Bangalore

by Matthias Beckmann

Family Dinner

by  Satarupa Sinha Roy

 

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Edible Food Art: Goyna Bori

by  Moumita Pari Giri

Surviving the Storm

by Thalia Borges

Chhurpi

by Anil Singh

 

 

Volume 2, Issue 2 

of

Amaranth Journal of Food Writing and Art

Published:  Autumn 2023

CONTENTS

Editor’s Letter

 

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Chiles as a Cure for Heartbreak    

by Rebecca Watkins

Eine Postkarte aus Verdun 

by William Berg

Andalusian Alchemy 

by Katharine Weinmann

The Saké Man  

by Herbert Herrero

Creme Earl Grey 

by Rebecca D. Martin

Excuses 

by Andrea Isiminger

Making the Perfect Cheese Omelet

by  Kathleen Connolly Empsucha

The Story of the Roux and the Chayote

Deon Cecile Dewar-Gray

 

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Secret  |  Where She Lives Her Life

by Priya Narayanan

Backyard Feeder  |  Summer Reunion

by Thom Brucie

Sushi  |  Foraging  

by Scott Ennis

Gramma’s Peaches 

by Rick Blum

Chef  |  Food Not Flowers

by Joseph A. Farina

Potato Eaters 

by Marceline White

A Meal of Love and Kindness 

by Katharine Weinmann

Lost Appetites 

by Rp Verlaine

Sorry About the Love, I Wish It Wasn’t Mine

by Sam Moe

 

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Unseen 

by Lau A. Larsen

My First Banana Eaten in July 

by Irina Tall Novikova

Berries  |  Fish-n-Chips

by Vivienne Bretherick

Andalusian Lunch

by Katharine Weinmann

Entstehung 

by Emma Martin

 

Volume 2, Issue 1

of

Amaranth Journal of Food Writing and Art

Published: Summer 2023

CONTENTS

Letter from the Editor

 

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The Baker  

by Amanda Hurley

Cake is Criminal

by Val Roberts

The Art of Fine Dining

by Louise Slyth

Cutting Carrots like a Makanai

by Gabriella Brand

The Sea Hand

by Chiara Vascotto

Die Grüne Fee: Ein imaginäres Gespräch

von Carl B. Meier

A Walk through the Sugar Cane Fields

by Julie Dron

A Milkman and His Wife

by Ann Iverson

Spears

by Nancy L. Glass

 

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Chicken Soup

by Diana Raab

Ice Cream Thoughts

by Duane Anderson

Hockey Pucks for Breakfast

by Becky Parker

Blessed Seed

by Juan R. Palomo

Poaching Eggs

by Robin Dake

Locked in the Casino of Hunger

by Joseph Stefani

Constant Comment Tea is a Time Machine

by Catharine Clark-Sayles

Shame on Me

by Pam Davenport

 

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Bread

A Watercolor Painting by Fergana Kocadoru Özgör

Fallen

A Still Life Illustration by Amit Das

Grillin’ and Chillin’  |  Mediterranean Summer  |  Sun Kissed 

Three Morimono Arrangements by Anna Budich

Breakfast at Babushka’s

A Collage by Nikhat Jahan

 

 

 

Volume 1, Issue 1 

of

Amaranth Journal of Food Writing and Art

Published: Autumn 2022

 

CONTENTS

Editor’s Letter

 

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Cream: Unpacking a Suitcase of Memory

by Christina Hoag

Maintanosalata and Morning People

by Steven Magstadt

Ammachi and Onions

by Parvathy Menon

Ratner’s

by Perri Chasin

Jellybeans

by Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt

 

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Not All Syrups are Created Equal

by Mark Fleisher

Outside Stangl’s Bakery |  Supper for the Dead

by Donnarkevic

Mother

by Michal Mahgerefteh

Food TV Fantasia

by Joseph A. Farina

Deep-fried Sweet Potato Balls | The Oyster Omelet

by Yi Jung Chen

Wie man einen Pfirsich isst

by Anja Herdt

Morning at Whole Foods in Albany

by Kirby Olson

Ginger’s East Meets West and Back Again

by Cynthia Gallaher

Proscuitto

by Joseph DiNallo

Nettled # 2. Grasped.

by Betsy Bolton

Annie’s Biscuits

by C. Eliot Mullins

 

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From the Land of Fruit and Vegetables

Photo Collages by Alexis Krasilovsky

Dessert

Photograph by Christopher Woods

Autumn: A Still Life

Mixed-media Art by Komal Desai

Ein Leckere Reise durch Wien und Berlin

A Photo Essay by Vidya Nadiger

Confluence

A Photo Essay by Sujoy Sarkar

 

 

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