There are plenty of staff members helping out with the weekend. Allegra commands them with the air of a queen and you can tell she's in her element. I have to admit she runs a very smooth household. However, the cooking is managed solely by the family and mostly the women.
Tatiana asks me if I'd like to help in the kitchen and Cass immediately starts pulling me to the informal living room, saying, "Absolutely not. I'd rather not spend the weekend with food poisoning."
I laugh as I follow him, but I can see the look of disapproval on Allegra's face. Cass pulls me down next to him on the couch and I look around to see there are no women in the room.
Allegra sits on the other side of Cass and says, "Cass, I remember how much you always liked my chicken cacclatore, so I made sure to prepare
