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What’s for dinner?
We love to use spices in Kenya. THE
TABLE
OF PLENTY
The smells of roasted garlic, chicken, and baked sweet potatoes drift through the air. Mom has the water boiling; our first course will be spaghetti aglio
e olio, a dish she learned chatting online with an Italian cook in Amsterdam. Dad sits on the bench reading a medical journal, waiting until the last moment to whip up his famous salad.
Maureen, our foreign exchange student from Kenya,
is dicing parsley and garlic for the pasta. I add the pasta to the boiling water and stir the noodles as they cook. I think about checking on the roast chicken I had prepared earlier that day.
Embraced by the smells of the named Greg and Sheryl, whom my parents met at Mass this kitchen, I understand why my
morning.
parents invite people over for
Sunday night dinner.
Just as on any other Sunday
A few minutes after 6:30, the first guests arrive. It is the night, the people around
our table will be a mix of old
new couple. Our dog Angel friends and new. Our next-door
greets them by jumping in the air and yelping for attention. I neighbor Barb and her good
friends Robin and Bev will all be
grab hold of her collar and stick at the table as well as a couple
out my other hand.
“Hey, I’m Luke. It’s good to Hey, I’m Luke.
meet you.” My mom waves from It’s good to
the kitchen.
meet you.
“Greg and Sheryl, come on in,” she says.
Angel greets the other guests as they arrive. In a few minutes
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