finger food all over

9-30-2018 Sun. 


DINNER ---  Syrian style eggplant relish | Iranian style flat bread |  guacamole | Swedish crisp bread  

• mostly from yesterday's party 

a star-rated party for the jazz band

9-29-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( a farewell party for Ben )  endive boat with smoked tofu, peanuts and cilantro | meshed potato ball wrapped in cucumber ribbon | homemade  taiyaki stuffed with  (1) water cress, avocado and plum  (2) carrot, burdock, seaweed and apple | tamagoyaki  savory Japanese egg rolls  | skewers of seasoned radish, goat cheese pearl and kiwi | eggplant relish and Iranian flat bread | star chocolate bread || wine and beer  

• star quality finger food for the party 

a pretty collection of buns

9-28-2018 Fri. 


DINNER --- home baked buns ( chai, white chocolate, milk ) | home baked bread |  hot and sour threaded potato with scallion | simmered kao-fu with wood ear and shiitake mushroom | burrata, tomato and basil 

• the end of a heavy-weight week 

Japanese vegetables

9-27-2018 Thu. 


 DINNER --- sauteed burdock and carrots with seaweed | simmered Japanese squash in dashi | five-vegetable soup with split peas 

• so lean 

duck confit without duck fat

9-26-2018 Wed. 


DINNER ---  pan-fried lotus root | stir-fried bitter melon and wood ear | duck confit and water cress salad with plum 

dd's cha bun for breakfast at panel meeting

• very tasty, sealed in wraps and submerged in water, in oven at  low temperature setting for hours. 

marinated and chilled manila clams

9-25-2018 Tue. 


 DINNER --- eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce | simmered winter melon and weed ear | parboiled pea leaves | marinated and chilled manila clams  

• an experiment on saving clams for a couple of days, good results with a marinate of wine, clam juice, lemon juice, garlic, ginger, pepper. 

Shanghai special: sweet sour yellow crocker

9-24-2018 Mon. 


DINNER ---  sweet sour Chinese yellow crocker with scallion and ginger | stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu | rice 

• Yellow crocker from local Chinese market, decent fresh. 

fennel seeds brined and grilled pork chop

9-23-2018 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese |  fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea | parboiled soy beans in pots 
DINNER ---  brined and grilled pork chop with fennel | barley with kale and onion 

• the pork recipe from Davis Tanis' City Kitchen ( NYT) , the key step is "Fennel seeds and peppercorns are among the spices that enliven the brine." . 
• the chops from local Butchers Alley,  prime quality 

barley with spinach pesto

9-22-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  ( at Tudor House Jazz )  distilled drinks and food 
DINNER ---  black olives | home baked sourdough bread | French cured ham | barley with spinach onion pesto and lime 

• Tudor House jazz event, with local distilleries and food tents 

home baked plum cake

9-21-2018 Fri. 


 DINNER --- homemade bread | sauteed mustard greens | stir-fried zucchini, shiitake and okra | pan-fried scalloped potato and onion || home baked plum cake 

with fresh plum

• baked just around dinner time 

a midweek load from farmer's market

9-20-2018 Thu.  


DINNER --- sauteed green beans | scrambled eggs with tomato | sauteed beet leaves | rice | salad 

• a contrast of colors, fresh without going into fridge. 

ratatouille and purple potato bread

9-19-2018 Wed. 


DINNER ---  homemade purple Japanese potato bread |  ratatouille | baked delicata squash with quinoa, minced lamb, and mushroom | 

• ratatouille is a good way to assemble many kinds of fresh vegetables 

whole chicken three ways

9-18-2018 Tue. 


 DINNER ---  simmered Chinese eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce | parboiled pea leaves | threaded chicken with green pepper with Sichuan hot chili and peppercorn sauce 

• chicken breast parboiled then threaded and mixed with sauteed pepper and Sichuan  mala sauce 
• legs and wings done with soy braising yesterday.
• the rest made chicken stock 

soy braised chicken

9-17-2018 Mon. 



DINNER ---  soy braised chicken | pan-fried lotus root | sauteed  Chinese long  beans | rice 

• a Chinese meal , chicken from farmer's market 

vegetable fritters

9-16-2018 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade bread | cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- manila clams with white wine and garlic broth | homemade sourdough bread | parboiled young dandelion leaves |  zucchini and pepper fritters | baked bronzino fish  

•  fluffy 

Apulian - Southern Italian!

9-15-2018 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | bread and cheese  | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( at O. And F.'s  castle )  Lupini Beans salad  || cocktail (manzanilla, dry vermouth, pickled lemon peel) |  Orecchiette al ragu del gargano || Salice Salentino |  Taralli and cheeses || Aglianico del Vulture | Crespelle ai fichi || Marsala 

homemade chocolate bread and seaweed-seasoned bread, gift to the hosts 

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• with a stage curtain background of Apulian forest scene.