Paul shrugs. "If you want the bread warmed up you can pop it into the broiler," he says with a nudge of his foot at the bottom half of the stove. "Butter and all that's in the fridge."

Extensive stockpiled food supplies are extensive, and stockpiled.

Paul sets a stack of bowls by the stove, turns the heat under the big pot of stew down to a low simmer, and gestures for Maddy and any others to help themselves.