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Sunday Paella

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Every Sunday for as long as she could remember, Inés's grandfather had made paella. Not the kind tourists ate in cheap restaurants by the beach, but the slow kind, with bones and saffron and rabbit on a good day. He made it on the patio over a wood fire he started himself, even now that he was eighty-three.

This Sunday Inés had come home from Madrid to see him. He was thinner than the last time. He moved more carefully. Bu...

This Sunday Inés had come home from Madrid to see him. He was thinner than the last time. He moved more carefully. But when she walked into the patio, he was already crouched by the fire, adjusting the logs with a long iron stick.

"You're late," he said, without turning around. He always said this even when she was early.

"You're late," he said, without turning around. He always said this even when she was early.

She knelt next to him and looked at the pan. The rice was just starting to absorb the broth. The kitchen behind them ...

She knelt next to him and looked at the pan. The rice was just starting to absorb the broth. The kitchen behind them smelled like garlic and rosemary. Her grandmother was somewhere inside, banging plates onto the table.

He pointed at the pan with his stick. "You watch this one. Don't stir it. People who stir paella don't understand pae...

He pointed at the pan with his stick. "You watch this one. Don't stir it. People who stir paella don't understand paella."

Inés didn't move for thirty minutes. She watched the rice change color, watched the bottom of the pan catch and brown...

Inés didn't move for thirty minutes. She watched the rice change color, watched the bottom of the pan catch and brown, watched her grandfather watch her. When he finally took the pan off the fire, he nodded once. She did not need him to say anything else.

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