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“Wow.” I chuckled and some of my sadness left. “The menu has to be a fusion of Russian and African American food.”
“Interesting.” He opened the beer and took a gulp. “What are you thinking?”
“Russian appetizers like blinis with caviar.”
“This is a must.”
“Bite-sized chicken and waffles.”
Kaz quirked his brows. “I have never tried this.”
“You will like it. Max loves chicken and waffles. . .” My heart broke. “Umm. . .anyway. . .I like it too. . .and fried okra. . .and. . . Bronx Salad.”
Kaz tilted his head to the side. “Bronx salad?”
“A fresh mix of greens, including kale and spinach, topped with apple slices, walnuts, and a balsamic vinaigrette. Very chill. And there’s Five Boroughs Bean Soup. It’s a. . .” I thought of how X would always make a large pot on Sundays and wanted to cry. “It’s. . .a hearty blend of beans, seasoned with smoked turkey and collard greens.”
He smiled at me. “This sounds good.”
“Maybe. . .the wedding will be weird.”
“Mysh, we will have lions on a roof. Let us have fun with the menu too.” He took another gulp of beer. “What are other things you want on the menu?”
“Pelmeni and borscht.”
“My food has become some of your favorites too?”
“Definitely.”
“There must be vodka.”
“And the best wine.”
“The best.”
“Oh.” I blinked. “I don’t want a regular wedding cake.”
“No?”
“We should do like this big medovik cake.” I thought about the Russian honey cake, so decadent and layered with sweet cream.
Kaz drank more of his beer and set it down. “It is a traditional custom for the bride and groom to be greeted after the ceremony by family, with bread and salt in an embroidered cloth.”
“Why?”
“It is for future good health and fortune.”
“Then, let’s have tons of bread and salt.”
He chuckled. “And what about you, mysh. Is there some tradition you could add?”
“Maybe. . .jumping the broom.” I shrugged. “It’s about sweeping away the old and welcoming the new.”
I closed my eyes. “It’s from the slavery days when slaves were not able to get legally married.”
“Then, you and I will jump a broom.”
I smirked.
