WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | baguette | blue cheese | brie | sugarnut melon | middle eastern style yogurt
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- raspberries | green tea
DINNER --- soft tofu with cilantro and Sichuan ma-po sauce | pan-roasted Italian long red peppers stuffed with threaded tofu skin, shallot, shiitake and egg | steamed eggplant with garlic vinegary sauce | rice | fennel salad | Malbec Argentinean red wine
late summer garden 
shiitake and wild berry tomatoes
long red pepper and skinny eggplant- everything at the farmer's market smells ripe, tastes sweet and looks beautiful as the summer time is near the end.