WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange bread | concord grapes | fresh squeezed orange juice
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | simmered fresh peanuts in shell with five spices
DINNER --- tabbouleh with parsley, cucumber, tomato and toasted walnuts | sauteed green beans | steamed short ribs wrapped in crushed rice and spices with lotus root | rice | wine
- beautiful day with brilliant sunshine and crisp cool air. gardening and cooking. some for friends ( spicy wine braised beef , stir-fried lotus root, shrimp and chive flowers, orange bread)