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Cakes
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Two cakes? Are you trying to make us all obese?"
"Yes, Millie. That's why I bake for the office. To make you all obese."
Millie raises an eyebrow. "I don't see why you couldn't bring in something healthy every once in a while."
Adam once told me that when Millie was thirteen, her mom sent her to fat camp, and from what I can tell, she has lived in mortal fear of eggs and butter ever since. I am about to remind Millie that the carrot cake does contain vegetables, and therefore possess a modicum o
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― The Girls' Guide to Love and Supper Clubs
― The Girls' Guide to Love and Supper Clubs
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From my bag, I took out a Moleskine notebook and a pen that I always carried for essay ideas and made notes on the setting. The clothes and attitudes of the passersby, the kind of shops that populated the hallways, the cakes in the case, so different from what I'd see at Starbucks in the US- these heavier slices, richer and smaller, along with an array of little tarts.
I sketched them, finding my lines ragged and unsure at first. Then as I let go a bit, the contours took on more confidence. My p
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― The Art of Inheriting Secrets
― The Art of Inheriting Secrets
A very grand sounding way of suggesting a chat a nibble and a quoff. Turn up and join in when yo…more
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