Does anyone see the danger in this picture?

Yes, that is our kitty cat in the upper left edge of the rug. If accidentally stepped on I am quite sure she wouldn't go down without a fight, so clearly there are no winners in this scenario.

Yummy Soup

Bok Choy and Kale made up the bulk of this yummy soup. It should have had chicken but we didn't have any so I threw in some tofu (or Toe Few - as Fancy says) and it was great but I would try it again with chicken and I think it would be magnifique (That's Fancy Nancy).  Hearty and delicate all at the same time.

Napa to Oakland to Burbank to Santa Barbara and Back

We went to So Cal on a little business and mostly fun. We stayed with M & L and baby C at their new place.



Monkey was quite excited to finally play with someone younger and SMALLER than her considering her world is filled with people older and BIGGER than her. She was in charge and there was nothing he could do about it.

The power went out for several hours due to some fuse blowing that lots of people thought was a gun shot. The kids loved it, and M was vindicated from accusations by us earlier that day that she is over prepared in the way of lanterns and flashlights.

You may notice that Fancy has had a dramatic hair cut. She wanted her hair short so that she wouldn't have to deal with snarls and blow drying and all that other hair maintenance stuff.



Baby C is asleep in the moby on his daddy.

You win some you lose some.

This is my favorite kind of recipe...simple. Asparagus, pancetta, leeks and EVOO. That's it! Except salt and pepper. This is from Chiarello's Casual Cooking. Super yummy and light.


Homemade butternut squash gnocchi with a sage brown butter sauce. I liked it but Fancy preferred it raw over cooked. Drat.

Since we had so much butternut squash left over we made soup. The recipe called for leeks and potato (two items we also had in our box) and recommended it be put through a sieve. Well, we now know that it must not have meant a Fine Chinois because all we were getting was butternut milk. Once combined back together it turned out quite yummy.
Not featured is my latest red cabbage recipe. I still have two more red heads of cabbage to get through so there is time to find a good one.