Love, Lies, and Pass the Wine by Katie Bryan

Author:Katie Bryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: World Literature > Italian, multicultural, Women's fiction short stories, women's fiction, short stories single author, Women's Fiction > Romance, pop culture, Women's Fiction > Humor, Literary Humor, Genre Fiction > Satire, Contemporary Fiction > Women's Fiction, Animal Care & Pets Essays, Genre Fiction > Animals, dog lovers, funny dogs, funny dog books for adults, funny dog stories, heartwarming dog story, Dogs, dog humor, funny dog books, dog rescue, dog training, italian, family life, single woman, dating and relationships, restaurant, Sophie and Jack, Sophie and Max, The Woof Books, Love Laugh Bark, dating, heartwarming, laugh out loud, hilarious, romantic comedy, Contemporary romance, romance, clean and wholesome, sweet, german shepherd, series, cats, pets, veterinarian, animal, animals, food critic, Try The Veal, Atlanta, family and relationships, action
Publisher: Love, Laugh, Bark Productions
Published: 2019-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

If I Were A Spice Girl, Max Would Eat Me

We fed Tilley and gave them all fresh water as I explained the spice and sachet theory to Mama, and since we were going into training, we decided Max should keep his uniform on.

Mama snapped her fingers. “Yes! We can use spice sacks! You go back to the lobby and I come there with what we need. We can make sachets and get Max started, justa wait!” And off she went. I heaved an inner sigh of relief and we went out to sit in the lobby.

Mama took less than ten minutes, which probably meant she’d ordered my brothers around like a domineering drill sergeant. Hey, better them than me. At least they knew where to find the spices, which was better than me trying to fake it in front of Jack. One day I’d have to fess up and tell him I had no idea how to cook more than a root vegetable, but that day was not today.

“Okay, we all set. I hadda to do some math in my head, but I think I got it. We have five rooms, so that’s five spices and ten sachets. Then we have six tables per room so that’sa six more spices and twelve sachets. So. We gotta make twenty-two sachets, yes?”

Since we were using the same spice to corresponding table numbers, once Max learned the rooms, the tables would follow. “Yes, that sounds right. Jack?”

“Exactly, yes. What spices did you bring?”

Mama rubbed her hands together. She did love a good challenge. “Letsa see. We got sage, lavender, mint, cinnamon, rosemary, thyme, ginger, basil, rose, juniper, and dill. Plus twenty-two herb sacks and a permanent marker to number each one.”

“All that came out of our kitchen?” I asked, not quite sure why we’d have rose or lavender. Or most of the others, but I left that to the experts in the kitchen.

“Of course, dear. And many more if Max doesn’t like these. And this,” she pulled two beef bones out of her apron pocket. “For the doggies while we busy. I don’t know what the kitty want, Jack.”

He looked down at his feet. Tilley was all but snoring. “I think she’s okay for now, thank you, Mrs. Zinelli. She has a full belly, she’ll be sleepin’ for a while to be sure.”

“If you sure.” she said, and gave each of the dogs a large bone. Buttercup’s entire body wriggled in joy. Max eyed both bones with a glutinous stare. Probably wondering how he could finagle Buttercup’s bone into his mouth.

“Max,” I warned. He slid to the floor with his bone and a sulky pout. Once he starting chewing he seemed happy enough so I turned to the table where Mama had laid out all the materials we were going to need.

We put spices into cloth bags and made them all about an inch square. Jack got a staple gun and stapled the spice squares under each table toward the front. Then he stapled the rest in an accessible but discreet place at the entrance to each room.

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