Poems for Bread

Presented in partnership with Zak the Baker

O, Miami and Zak the Baker want to know: What is Miami’s food culture? What spices bloom in our inherited horchata and coquito recipes? Are there olives in the picadillo? Whose hands shape the arepas and pinch the empanadas closed? What cultures, rituals, and memories season our food?

O, Miami and Zak the Baker believe that South Florida has a regional cuisine just as unique and compelling as any other in the world. To nurture and celebrate this idea, the local arts nonprofit and the Wynwood-based bakery have teamed up—for the fourth year in a row—to create a month-long “Poems for Bread” trade.

1 Poem = 1 Loaf of Bread

Selected poet receives free bread for a year!

Here’s how it works:

• Come to the bakery during the month of October and write a haiku about “What is Miami Food?”
• Submit your poem to Zak's team at the counter.
• Choose your bread (while supplies last, excluding challah).
• Enjoy!

Some rules:

• Must be in haiku format (5-7-5).
• One trade per day.
• Must be on prompt, “What is Miami Food?”
• We ask that submissions not about Zak or Zak The Baker.

Available all month long, Sunday-Friday, except for October 4 when the bakery will be closed.

To all those who live here, work here, visit here, or are connected with Miami in some way, we want to hear from YOU, “What is Miami food?”