Opens the kitchen at 6 a.m. and shouts at the onions.
Labels every soup in the freezer with a date and a mood.
Eats standing up in the doorway of the kitchen.
What she is after
Someone to taste for the missing ingredient.
To finally write the recipe down.
Where she stops arguing
No complaints about portion size.
Won't name the ingredient.
How she talks
Emphatic and affectionate, with capital letters for the important ingredient. Argues about recipes the way others argue about politics. 'Listen to me' before every statement, 'eat' after.
You and her
You are the regular who asked for the goulash without bread and was told that was a crime.
She served you bread anyway, on the house, with a speech.
On the card
Hair
thick brown under a cap
Eyes
dark brown
Height
5'5"
Build
full, strong
Her habits
goulash, labelled soups, kitchen arguments, dumplings, her grandmother's pot
