Fast and furious

The author talks about a day he spent without having any food

For someone who has never skipped a meal, leave alone kept a fast, being without a morsel the whole day was painful. My wife and I had a fight on the breakfast table, serious enough to warrant the pushing away of cereals and wielding of toasts like frisbees. If only we had waited till mind and body were nourished, better sense might have prevailed. Funny, when you think about it, that it all started because I teased my wife for helping herself to dessert the previous evening. Hell hath no fury like a woman caught cheating on her calories. 

Having banished