And as you know, I’ve fallen under the spell as well. Now I’m just daydreaming about bigger and bigger promises!

Jennifer: Have to admit that I tweaked that bit to add the sports reference. “Mastering” gives us the comparison to large olives, which I found confusing. I originally thought that it meant to carve the darn things down to that size. It wasn’t until I started peeling that I figured out that it was about the shape.

Now I’m laughing, imagining Julia saying “impossibly small rugby balls…”

I have some potatoes sitting in a bowl on my counter right now, and this looks like the perfect use for them.

It does, doesn’t it? So full of hope, and duty…
And then when that sucker takes off, it oppresses the hell out of you so that you spend every day eating, oh, say, pears. Tomatoes. Basil.
Fun.