I started my summer vacation by doing a poetry reading at the Colgate Writers Conference in New York State's Southern Tier, where I stopped for lunch at Sharkey's in Binghamton to sample the spiedies that writer Brent Cox reported on for Issue 140. The grilled pork skewers were, indeed, tangy and nice, and the pierogies were delicious, too. Unlike in the nearby Poconos, where my father's family is from and where sour cream rules, in the Southern Tier, the pierogies are swamped in butter sauce. They're soupy and fatty and good.
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