HUNGRY GERALD

Before HG had his bad fall and ended up in the hospital with a broken hip, he wrote this post: Sadness. HG’s daughter Victoria Freeman and her stepson, Marlon Meyer, the Los Angeles cooking pro, have left HG/BSK’s Prince Edward Island oceanfront home. Marlon is off to Los Angeles and his sous chef job. Vicki’s destination is New York and her partnership duties as owner of five taste tingling restaurants: Shuka, Cookshop, Vic’s, Shukette and Rosie’s. It has been a great family reunion. Warm embraces and much fun. Present were SJ’s Tokyo family- wife Maiko Sakamoto; son Haru and daughter Teru (SJ had left a week earlier to return to Tokyo). The Riva family–daughter Lesley (a Renaissance woman) and her brilliant husband, Profesore Massimo. Plus their daughter Sofia. She looks like an Italian movie star and is an academic luminary. Only their daughter Arianna was missing from the festivities. Eleven (including HG/BSK, Vicki, Marlon) were at the crowded dinner table. Lesley made a fabulous farewell meal–a stew of cod, vegetables, rice, It was flavored with coconut milk and a host of spices and herbs. (Hot sauces, etc. were on the table). This was preceded by expertly shucked Colville Bay oysters. Delicious way to say goodbye.