I remember similar Russian nesting dolls from my childhood, but usually they were egg shaped, all fitting inside the mommy egg. I never saw painted fish lady dolls before, so this got me quite excited, as you can imagine. I’m not crazy about these colors, but this little group did get me thinking it would fun to paint a fish on my sister’s stomach. I’ll have to ask her if that would be okay. I’m sure she’ll say yes. I’ll post the results ASAP.
Erica De Mane 
Dear Erica, I try all your recipes without fail. I hesitated with the walnuts and anchovy pasta. Sounded awful. Of course it was DELICIOUS. Wading through Pasta Improv with great pleasure.
Thanks.
Glenn, I like the fact that you just go ahead and cook something you think sounds awful. Actually, I love that. Very courageous. Love your book cover too.
Thanks Erica. I trust you completely. Everyone now thinks that I am a brilliant chef thanks to you. Sometimes I fess up depending on how secure I feel. Mostly you get the credit but every once in a while my parched ego triumphs and I smile demurely and with false modesty murmur, “One does one’s best.”
shouldn’t that read “quintuplets” with fish? I’m just asking…