BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice and vegetables
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- butternut and apple soup | duck and sausage cassoulet with pinto beans and chipotle | sauteed French green beans | wine
- beans are cooked days before from the same batch for chili, pinto and small black beans are better than thick-skinned kidney beans
- duck legs are lightly cured with salt and pepper for a day, browned with shallots and chipotle, then braised in bean juice with beans for 2 hours.
