Cooking, much like poetry, is a creative process. Food has served as inspiration and metaphor in poems like Emily Dickinson's "Fame is a fickle food (1659)" and Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons [Chicken]. Famously, Dickinson also had a handwritten recipe for coconut cake, which she enjoyed making. Here are seven recipes from contemporary poets ready to serve you the secrets behind their favorite dishes and drinks.

Kazim Ali's Chocolate Peanut Butter Dairy-free Ice Cream	Jen Bervin's German Apple Pancake	Shanna Compton's Salsa
CAConrad's Vegan Bunny Fries	Kevin Killian & Dodie Bellamy's Potato Salad	J. D. McClatchy's Lucky Pierre Martini
Tracy K. Smith's Old Fashioned Tea Cakes