The Book of Salt his place in the household hierarchy." The book uses salt and its many connotations to connect themes of love and redemption. Food also adds to the meaning of salt in this context. Truong herself states that "Food or the preparation of food, at its best, is a profound act of intimacy." Salt also implies homosexuality in terms of the Biblical connotation of salt, in particular to the turning of Lot's wife into a pillar of salt for looking back at her home, to the city of Sodom. This is an implication that God not only disapproves the activities of the
As Fast as She Can involving seducing amnesia patients, she promptly leaves again. Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A− rating. As Fast as She Can "As Fast As She Can" is the 23rd episode of the fourth season of "How I Met Your Mother" and 87th overall. It originally aired on May 11, 2009. Picking up from the previous episode, Ted turns to see Stella behind him at a crosswalk. She is quickly joined by her fiancé (and father of her daughter), Tony. Ted says that it's a great surprise to see them, and later at MacLaren's, Barney and Marshall