as odin earnestly enjoyed breathing deeply through his nose to smeeeeeeellllllll the wondrous and impossibly fresh chopped basil and garlic which were slowly in the process of being transformed into pesto ( sans pine nuts because, well, why ruin a perfectly good recipe with a pine nut 🙂 ), who could have imagined that mere minutes later the nearly rockwellian scene would quickly devolve from an animated discussion about the importance of sharing and taking turns whisking in olive oil and parmesan cheese into a full blown class A tantrum when one of us couldn’t get his way.