To Entertain

''Like reading the notebooks and diaries of a cook and host who knows where all the good things are to be had, delighting in all the many joys of the table'' Jeremy Lee

I brought the cake over, covered with whipped cream and sugared sage leaves, and as I began to cut it I felt overcome with happiness, looking at friends from so many places, with those they loved and were able to love.

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