Saturday, January 22, 2011

Taro root and a farm called Bright Stream

1-22-2011 Sat. very cold, pale sun.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST
--- coffee
| coconut cream bread | apple | pear
AFTERNOON-TEATIME
--- green tea | taro root seasoned with shiso and seaweed flakes
BEFORE-CONCERT-DINNER --- braised whole fish with ginger and scallion sauce | sauteed Swiss chard and tofu skin | rice | wine




  • taro root is very fresh and creamy today, winter is the season for good root vegetables.


Asaf and Sulamif Messerer in The Bright Stream, 1930's

Bolshoi, the Bright Stream UK Premiere 2006
  • another Shostakovich's work, this evening is a ballet of its own kind: the Bright Stream ( a "collective farm" in 1930's Soviet Union )

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