scoobyschnak
My tongue clicked as I tasted the bland sauce for the third time. "Needs more... salt. Actually, needs more flavor in general." My sous chef (my mom) gave me a mean look, "this recipe's been in the family for decades and here you are trying to get fancy and tweak it."
The weather was cold that winter, with savage winds licking at my coat every time I left the house. I'd been so stressed that winter that I hadn't even realized the cold, but it just made everything that much worse.