Warmed to see him eating with such passion, I picked up my own cutlery and dug in, the two of us hunched over our plates like ravenous wolves.
"I would've driven her crazy, and gotten kicked out of the kitchen in record time," I countered once I'd come up for air, despite taking the compliment for what it was. I missed Mafalda's expertise, which could only mean that he was desperate for it. I tried, now and then, to give him little tastes of home, but I was far from a matronly Italian cook.
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Date: 2024-12-24 06:47 pm (UTC)"I would've driven her crazy, and gotten kicked out of the kitchen in record time," I countered once I'd come up for air, despite taking the compliment for what it was. I missed Mafalda's expertise, which could only mean that he was desperate for it. I tried, now and then, to give him little tastes of home, but I was far from a matronly Italian cook.