We had Bayless Beans for dinner, plus biscuits. The biscuits were the cover recipe from the March issue of Bon Appetit, and they’re one of those “how could you not make them?” recipes featuring cheese, cornmeal, chipotles, and scallions. Iris helped beat the egg.

How good were they?

When dinner was winding down and Iris still had a few biscuit chunks on her plate, I said, “Iris, can I have one of your biscuit bites?”

Iris reached over, grabbed my empty water glass, put it over her mouth, and boomed, “I DON’T THINK SO.”