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Swung by the Chronicle to pick up a nice bottle of Sancerre for our realtor, but they didn’t have any in stock. Instead we got a lovely Chablis:

Looked so good, we got one for ourselves. We’ll drink it to celebrate the closing.

Food Trivia
Spinach was cultivated as early as 400 AD in what is now modern day Iran. It was imported into China a few hundred years later, and eventually introduced into Europe when the Moors invaded Spain. It has been called the “prince of greens”. The leafy green is touted for it’s iron content and was made famous by Popeye and his can o’ spinach. However, the calcium and iron contents in spinach, although high, are only partially absorbed by our bodies because another component - oxalic acid - binds to both, rendering them unusable. Spinach is an excellent source of vitamin A. I love spinach stir fried, raw, and cooked in a dozen wonderful dishes. The downside is that the yield of cooked spinach is 1/10 the initial raw state.

fry baby, fry

At last the weekend. I felt tired when I left work today, but productivity is up. I even brought the manual home for more “leisure” reading. Jeremy has a symposium all day tomorrow, so I think I’ll try to get a lot done during the day. Maybe take Kaweah for a hike in the rain. Run errands in town like getting some clothes, toys, and games for Ben and Emily. Marla said to bring wine to dinner. What do you pair with a middle eastern/subcontinental veggie dish? Okay, I’ve looked up Reisling and Pinot Noir… My general (and limited) experience with Pinot is that the good stuff costs an arm and a leg. So Reisling it is. I think I should consider investing in a wine and food pairing book. I tend to do more “pairing” than drinking wine for the sake of drinking wine. It’s all about the food for me anyway.

We’re all feeling sacked out after this week:

and a little goofy

with bottled up energy!

Wacky hijinx ensue.

I’m sipping some Sybarites that I got at the Chronicle. It’s a Shiraz Grenache blend. I love Shiraz. Pretty spanking good for $14 and tastes great with pizza.

Jeremy made pizza tonight (with half olives b/c he doesn’t like olives). It’s really nice topped with some grated parmesan.



But that’s not ALL we prepared.



I made stir-fried rice cake with pork and chinese vegetables. It was mostly because the fresh shitakes were going to spoil if I didn’t make this soon. I’d been putting it off all week, but today I was feeling productive.