It all started with needing a default picture for recipes. I needed something to use in refining the formatting of the recipe display. It was late in the day and I was rather punchy from php exposure so I got a little silly. Anyway, this is how it goes:

The squirrel represents our back country heritage. The spoons that face left represent the recipes that we have mastered and created. The spoon that faces right represent the recipes that we have yet to encounter or create. The apple represents the joy of simple ingredients. The knife represents the fact that no matter how tasty and wonderful simple ingredients are, we're going to muck around with them anyway. After all, if folks just wanted to eat apples, then there was no reason to come down out of the trees!