I’m honored to have my short-short story “Sugar” included in the winter 2013 issue of Gastronomica, the “brainiest” of food magazines, also called “the New Yorker of food magazines”. The fairy tale-ish story is set in Pike Place Market and begins thus:
“He couldn’t stomach currants in his salad. She couldn’t stomach his not stomaching her currants.”
You can subscribe to the magazine here; if you have access to JSTOR, you can read individual articles here.
Tags: fiction, food magazines, Gastronomica, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Sugar
Anca L. Szilágyi is a Brooklynite living in Chicago. Her fiction appears in Lilith Magazine, Confrontation, Fairy Tale Review, and elsewhere. Her nonfiction appears in Los Angeles Review of Books, Orion Magazine, Electric Literature, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of fellowships and awards from Made at Hugo House, Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4Culture, and Artist Trust. The Stranger hailed Anca as “a fantastic magical realist.” She is the author of Daughters of the Air, which Shelf Awareness called “a striking debut from a writer to watch” and The Seattle Review of Books called “a creation of unearthly talents.” Her second novel is forthcoming in 2022.
Anca L. Szilágyi
Hi Anca,
I saw your message on the Tin House email. I hate answering to all those people so am answering here.
Anyway, I loved the story. So good and FUN to read. Makes me want to go to Seattle and eat.
Good luck with more.
Robin McLean
(I was in Karen Shepard’s class at TH)
Thank you so much, Robin! So glad you enjoyed the story and reached out over here.
Best wishes & keep in touch,
Anca
Good stuff, Anca. So exotic to taste lardons, noisettes and seagulls in almost the same bite 😉
Keep baking those tasty bits, including full course meals…
Andy
Aw, thanks, Andy! You just gave me a strange idea for a full course meal centered on seagulls…
🙂
Hi Anca, I saw your story mentioned in Erika Dreifus’s newsletter and followed the link over here to read it. So glad I did–beautiful story. I love all the smells and textures. Hope you are doing well!
Jennie Goode
Hi Jennie, Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed the story. Will you be at any events for AWP? Hope to catch up soon.
Anca