Turns out I write about food a lot…

Je ne sais Quiche

“It’s a cake!” Nolan exclaims.

“It’s a pie!” Matilda counters, jockeying for position against her brother.

“Actually,” Pela interjects. “It’s a quiche.”

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P(ie)arty People

“That smells good,” Pela notes. “What is it, Matilda?”

“Oh, this?” Matilda answers. “It’s a steak —”

“Oh!” Nolan says.

“ — and kidney pie,” Matilda continues.

“Oh,” Nolan says.

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Amara vs. Kat. vs. A Charcuterie Board

“Where’s food?” Kat asks, standing breathlessly in the doorway.

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Chopsticks

(no, not those Chopsticks…)

“Why do people from Yamatai eat with these little stick-things? Isn’t it easier to just use a fork?”

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The Very Hungry Kat-erpillar

Kat is left to reflect ruefully on the fact that maybe she shouldn’t have eaten and entire goose by herself. Or those 15 potatoes.

Or that salad. Or that other salad.

Or half a chicken.

Or all those appetisers.

Or spent the entire day snacking first before hand.

“It was worth it,” she quietly assures herself.

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