Status Updates From The Cookbook Collector

“George had acceued so much that his life became one long struggle to conserve his property. How strange to live that way, like a snail, inside your own wealth”

*during the IPO* “While the group rejoiced in its collective fortune, a quiet calculus commenced. “And Veritech, which had been a team where everybody was so free and easy, first names only, could no longer pretend to be a classless society.”

*Emily longing for Laura’s family life at home, in reference to the Cinnabon recipe* “Could she have a bit of Laura’s lamp-lit home? Could she divide the fullness of Laura’s days by forty?”

I can't really tell what the point of this story is but it certainly isn't cookbooks