Emily Dickinson: A Poet in the Kitchen

by Tori Avey on Oct 4, 2012

Hope is the thing with feathers 
That perches in the soul 
And sings the tune without the words 
And never stops at all

— Emily Dickinson, 1861

I have got a nice cake of Sugar, to send you by Mr. Green, and shall put some big, sound Apples, if there is any room

Thank you, dear, for the quickness which is the blossom of request, and for the definiteness for a new rule (recipe) is a chance. The bread resulted charmingly, and such pretty little proportions, quaint as a druggists formula

With it, I enclose Loves remainder biscuit, somewhat scorched perhaps in baking, but Loves oven is warm

I send you a taste Jennie, of E. Kelloggs wedding cake you remember her, dont you? Eat it tearfully, Jennie, for it came all the way from me!

You thank me for the Rice cake you tell me Susie, you have just been tasting it and how happy I am to send you anything you love

— Letters excerpted from The Letters of Emily Dickinson, Harvard University Press

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