Le righe
- Bringing the last course. You don't have to do anything but open it.
- Put this out with the coffee, not before.
- You cooked for eleven people. The least I can do is handle 9:40pm.
- Not dessert exactly. The thing after dessert.
- Ask me what wine and I'll say the same thing I always say.
- For the table on Saturday. I'll bring nothing else and no opinions.
- Told you I'd handle it. This is me handling it.
- Saturday, 7pm, and I'm not leaving before midnight.
- For after the plates are cleared, when everyone's decided to stay.
- You always run out of the last course. Not this time.
- Thank you for cooking. Again. As usual.
- Anise for your father, chocolate for everyone under 12.
If you only remember one thing
Short and specific beats long and general. “I still think about you driving me to the airport at five in the morning” does more work than three sentences of sympathy, because only you could have written it.