lotus root and long beans

10-31-2016 Mon.  

DINNER --- baked Japanese sweet potato fries | sauteed lotus root| sauteed Chinese long beans | rice | wine

•  these vegetables have unique texture and flavors 

dinner in the garden, among fall leaves

10-30-2016 Sun. unusually warm.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- baked bronzino | sweet and sour lotus root | sauteed mustard green | rice | wine

•  early dinner in the garden,  just before the shower hits and a week before switching to daylight saving winter zone

homemade pizza

10-29-2016 Sat. mild.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | steamed blue crabs
DINNER --- homemade pizza: | onion, cherry tomato and basil | mushroom | roasted red pepper and chorizo | wine 

 

• start the season for homemade pizza

delicata and BBQ beef hash

10-28-2016 Fri. 
  

 DINNER ---  baked delicata stuffed with quinoa, celery, carrots and roasted red pepper nut sauce | BBQ and potato hash | parboiled spinach | wine 

•   leftover BBQ beef all the way from Houston 

bagels

10-27-2016 Thu.  

LUNCH --- ( at airport) bagel | coffee
DINNER --- vegetable soup 

• back to the ballet soup routine 

Menil's collection

10-26-2016 Wed. 



 DINNER --- ( at Menil's Bistro) eggplant fries | grilled octopus | red snapper with roasted vegetables | cassoulet | wine 

 Menil's Collection

•  excellent art collection, free access.
•  cassoulet there is a joke

Killen's BBQ

10-25-2016 Tue.  



LUNCH ---(at Killen's BBQ, Houston) BBQ beef and pork | creamy corn | green beans

DINNER --- apple and pear | tea 

 

• taste of Texas, waiting line out of door

ramen noodles

10-24-2016 Mon. 




   DINNER --- ( at Jinya, Houston)  ramen noodles in creamy pork broth | salmon taco | fried cauliflowers

 

• pretty good food in a roadside stripe mall. 

Houston we have a problem

12-23-2016 Sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea 
DINNER --- ( in Houston) homemade sandwich | apple | tea 

•  right in the neighborhood of the control center 

beer with ball-park pretzel

10-22-2016 Sat.  chilly, windy


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | fruit 
 BEFORE-CONCERT-DINNER --- ( at R.B with Ed ) beer | pizza | ball-park pretzel 

•  Beethoven and Dvořák

among falling leaves

10-21-2016 Fri.  


  DINNER --- stuffed and pan-roasted green peppers | roasted eggplant ans tomato with thyme | wine 

 

• again last bit of food turned into a pretty fancy meal 

soup bowl

10-20-2016 Thu.  


  DINNER --- soup bowl of tomato, napa cabbage, egg, seaweed, gourd pickle and dried shrimp 

 

•  a regular after ballet

more vegetables the better

10-19-2016 Wed. 


DINNER ---pan-fried lotus root | homemade kimchi | sauteed Chinese long beans | rice | wine 

 

•  good taste

steamed dumplings

10-18-2016 Tue.  



 DINNER --- steamed dumplings | wine 

•  wrapping excerice 

a new round of fresh vegetables

10-17-2016 Mon.


DINNER --- sauteed mustard green | sweet and sour lotus root | shanghai salsa | rice | wine

 

• cooler , fresher  

glass bowl

10-16-2016 Sun. warm, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | scallion pancake | concord grapes
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- pan-fried fish | tong-hao porridge with crushed peanuts | rice | sauteed Chinese long beans | wine 

• new glass bowl from B. Art Festival, by Renee Nielsen Engebretson.

October is the new September

10-15-2016 Sat. warm, sunny.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | grapes | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- steamed crab | tea  
AFTER-CONCERT-DINNER ---  baked whole bronzino | french lentils with roasted red pepper, cilantro and nuts | simmered okra with tomato | wine 

•  garden has been blooming profusely. 
• first concert of the new season, under a full moon.