1.   Add mushrooms, carrot chunks, chestnuts and chopped pear or apple.

2.   Repeat until you have enough wonderfully pointy carrot chunks for dinner, and served them boiled or glazed.

3.   The carrot chunks come with slices of preserved lemons and bits of olives, a luscious blend of sweet, acidic and salty.

4.   They munch carrot chunks, doggie treats, lint-covered Tums discovered during an early morning foray beneath the bathroom rug.