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[chancing]

Who: Cristina Vespucci (chancing) & Shaun Hastings (thehistorian) & Desmond Miles (seventeenth)
What: An introduction to modern Italian food.
When: June 30th
Where: Kitchen
Rating: G

Cristina makes a point of not coming here very often. Between the appliances she doesn't know how to use, and the food that looks like nothing she's ever seen before, it really didn't make much sense for her to come here very often. It was much easier to just ask the castle for foods she already knew she liked. Maybe it isn't the most adventurous approach, but when it comes to the things she's going to be eating, that's okay with her.

Or that's how it was in the beginning, at least. Now that she's been here for a few months Cristina has started thinking that it might be a good idea to try some new things - or at least semi-new things. Modern Italian food couldn't be that different from what she's used to? Could it? Maybe it's better not to think about it too much and just relax and hope for the best from this meal.

Comments

[thehistorian]

Shaun, at least, is a good cook. He's not going to win any awards (he is English), but he's good enough at what he does, and he's paid attention to enough cooking shows before and read enough cookbooks to have a decent idea of how to cook Italian cuisine. Period-appropriate Italian cuisine? Well, that's a little harder, but he'd rather show the advancements that food has made. He's all for history, but good food is good food.

"Now, have you-- have you had a tomato yet?" he queries, glancing at Cristina, the question all across his face. "You predate their inclusion in cuisine by a bit, and I don't want to overwhelm you."

[seventeenth]

Desmond is a pretty decent cook himself, but Italian was always a little out of his price range. He sits slightly to the side and simply watches for the moment, attentive but relaxed. He's curious about Shaun's cooking himself -- and curious about Cristina's reaction.

Being near her in person again is a little nervewracking, but Desmond thinks he can handle it. Thinks, mind. He manages to grin all the same.

"Not unless she found one here, I think."

[chancing]

"I have not had one yet. Why would I be overwhelmed by it?"

Cristina has never lifted a finger to cook in her life, so she's glad to have someone else doing it for her, even if she's a little unsure about what she'll be eating. Overwhelmed? That doesn't sound very promising. But she's curious and in the few interactions she's had with these two, neither have given her a reason not to trust them. So for now, she will trust that they won't be letting her eat something that might kill her later.

[thehistorian]

"Well, that's what I meant-- you can find all manner of things here. Like children." Shaun gestures a little with the spatula he's carefully laying on the counter next to an array of food ingredients and other dishes. He's prepared for this.

He reaches over to grab a tomato, slicing it with all the efficicacy of someone who has watched maybe too many cooking shows. He offers Cristina over a slice.

"It's a different taste than most fruits, and it's used it just about all modern Italian recipes."