A few weekends ago my friend Lynn asked me to make paella.  When we were all in San Francisco this past fall, my son, Chris, had served his much-loved paella; a dish he continues to try to master aiming for the perfect crunchy, just below burnt rice bottom.  Lynn wanted me to try to replicate Chris’ dinner so I followed his recipe (see The Boys are Back, April 20, 2009 post) and took a stab at the perfect paella.  Mine was no where as good as his – to which Chris said “you got better chops than that” but it was pretty darn good.  Unfortunately I made enough for 12 instead of the 6 I was supposed to so being inundated with leftovers means that paella won’t be on the menu again for quite awhile.  Hope you enjoy the photos, though!