"Sounds like it is. Both of ya are chips off the old block." It warms his heart, too, to see Rex find a family touchstone to cherish even if metaphorically.

"Hard to say which of us had it worse, you with cafeteria food or me with those damn food cubes. There were some days I might have killed for a nacho supreme just one more time." And maybe he's not even kidding. "I think you'll like the festivals we got around here just as much, though. This town isn't shy about food with all the fixings. We're back in the times when everyone still cooks in lard like granny used to do."