If you dabble in the kitchen, you have a favorite recipe, or three, or five. In this special collection, poets laureate past and present from Connecticut cities and towns share some of the things they like to cook, as well as some poetry inspired by those recipes.

Curl up on the couch and let your muses be stirred. Get inspired to try out a new dish or pick up a pen to scribble a few lines, or both. Whatever you choose, have fun exploring this delectable edition.

"The poems in this collection remind us that food is never simply food. It is history and heritage. It can represent family, culture, loss, resilience, abundance, or longing. And poetry, like food, can bring people together-or make us confront what divides us." (Pat Mottola, president, Connecticut Poetry Society)

"From sexy carrots and doula soup to hot tomatoes  and ghost apples, this clever collection of poems and recipes will literally have your mouth watering!" 

(Pegi Deitz Shea, president, Connecticut Council of Poets Laureate)

"As a kid, I'd imagine how different words would taste in my mouth. This collection of poems and the recipes that inspired them, tastes absolutely scrumptious. Mangia!" (Elizabeth Thomas, poet laureate, East Hartford)