“We are,” she said, “but I can’t cook, or eat what you cook, and those are your top two hobbies.” “We do have a surplus of croquembouche.” He sounded sheepish. “I made a fort.” Uncertain I heard him right but afraid I had, I asked anyway, “You made a croquembouche…fort?” “Choux pastry puffs make surprisingly good building blocks, and caramel is the best glue.”
