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#1
Ben Souther, my mother’s friend, arrived with a dozen freshly killed squab. The Southers followed my parents’ lead and had a cocktail together.
#2
My mother, who was a chef, would prepare the dinner. She had been coming to this town on Cape Cod since she was a young girl. She had a major renovation done when she bought this house, and the kitchen had the best views.
#3
The kitchen was the center of the house, and it was here where Malabar performed her fivestar General duties. She had little use for recipes, and she could create feasts whose aromas alone would entice ships full of men onto the rocks.
#4
I was surprised when my mother started pouring me wine, but she explained that if we lived in France, I would have had wine with dinner starting when I was eight. Everything was so damn funny that night.