As he dug his fork into the salad, Ash saw that it was an elaborate combination of several things. Avocado quarters under slivered leeks, topped by strips of red pepper under the anchovies. He could taste walnut oil and mustard in the dressing, but there were other ingredients he couldn’t name. “This is delicious!”
“You like avocado?”
“I do, indeed.”
“Mine own invention. Avocado Amadoro...”
“I’m analyzing each mouthful and shall describe it to my wife.”
“I’m certain it was an avocado in the Garden of Eden that caused all that trouble. No other fruit could have tempted Adam like an avocado. It is, of all fruits, the most voluptuous.”
He laughed. “You mean they were kicked out of their garden because they ate an avocado?”
“Something like that.”
“Perhaps they left Eden to search for t
