BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- (at Chevy's Restaurant ) tortilla soup (work lunch, terrible food)
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- (at Francesca and Oreste's ) potato vada with cilantro chutney | dal -lentil soup ( tamatar moung dal ) | eggplant with fenugreek ( meti baigan ) | radish in yogurt sauce ( mooli kari ) | string beans with chickpea flour ragu ( besam baji ) | rice with curry leaves and mustard seeds | two kinds German White wine (Liebfraumilch & Mosel valley Riesling ) | chai
- Francesca worked the whole day preparing this wonderful Northern Indian dinner. She started with grinding and mixing spices, did painstakingly work on various vegetables, legumes, and grains, and finished with beautiful presentation of six dishes in traditional Indian plates and bowls.