To add to the insane bounty Eliot had already made, Kathy showed up with a few dishes and desserts she'd spent the week making, too--including a small container of winter kimchi. It wasn't the kind her mother always made, she hadn't figured out what that was yet, but it was still something.

"Happy Thanksgiving!" she called. "Where should I put all this stuff?"

It was Thanksgiving and she was with her family.