NONE OF THE MANY VERSIONS OF "THE GINGERBREAD MAN" STORY END WELL. Always the gingerbread man gets eaten by the fox. Perhaps someone out there who reads this BLOG can tell me why the story is a good one for young children. The moral of the story has something to do with not trusting foxes when they offer to take you across a river; but I keep remembering that if the Gingerbread Man hadn’t run away in the first place, the old woman and the old man would have eaten him. Either way the Gingerbread Man get gobbled up.

This wonderful gingerbread man made by Clyde Yoshida has been in our house for half a week, and he hasn’t been eaten yet. He may be too good to eat. We’re thinking about it. Thanks, Clyde, for the delicious dilemma. These photographs have nothing to do with the Gingerbread Man, but I couldn't resist posting them. The little Asian eggplant pairs beautifully with the red chilies.