Those cheddar biscuits were in some danger. Serious danger. The basket should've been mauve.
But she started with the salad instead, because she didn't eat enough salad, really, and she should really try to fix that. Given what he did with these greens, it was no hardship at all.
"This is marvelous," she said before stuffing more spinach into her mouth. Whatever had he done to this salad? She needed to know so she could reproduce it -- but then she laughed silently to herself. No, she was never going to do that. She was about as useless in the kitchen as one could get. Tea was all right. She could make pancakes. But that was it. Salads like this? No, there was no way.
Although... It wouldn't be so bad, learning something else under his guidance. She liked how he taught her. "You should teach me how to do this," she added, before she lost her nerve and decided to give up on the idea altogether.