artichoke without choke

5-31-2020 Sun. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee |
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- (zoom tea party in the teahouse)  cranberry scone | burrata with basil and tomato | cherries | drink 
DINNER --- pan-fried baby artichokes with roasted red pepper | hush brown with leftover filet mignon 

flowers collected from garden

moss cultivation in garden 

• a lot of work in trimming, worth the time 
• zoom party of   five core  "five+ " , three time zones 

burrata, basil and tomato

5-30-2020 Sat. 


BREAKFAST --- homemade cranberry scone | coffee | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- burrata, basil and tomato | parboiled greens | broiled filet mignon | mushroom and onion wed wine sauce | 

•  high end ingredients,  simple cooking 

kamameshi with silver sardines

5-29-2020 Fri.  


DINNER ---  kamameshi rice cooked in dashi  with silver sardines, carrot, celery, greens and shiitake| grilled shishito on skewer 

 prepared rice 

 prepared dashi 

 well formed crust 

• sardine filet from local Japanese shop. just as good  as eel in kamameshi 

the cream puff challenge

5-28-2020 Thu. 


DINNER --- salad | stir-fried chive flowers and bean curd | thai-style rice noodle | homemade cream puff 

custard  cream 

 choux dough 

in oven 

 only 20% got  puff 

 fill the cream, taste good 

• meet the challenge, will learn and improve 

melons

5-27-2020 Wed. 

 DINNER ---  winter melon soup | water melon 

• working too hard

Thai-style bean sprouts salad

5-26-2020 Tue. 


DINNER ---  winter melon soup | thai=style bean sprouts salad | simmered eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce | steamed egg custard | rice 

• roasted peanuts with spices and sour chili sauce, Thai basil makes the Thai food flavor 

vietnamese spring rolls in spring garden

5-25-2020 Mon. 


DINNER --- vietnamese spring rolls: rice paper,  rice noodle, bean sprouts, mint, cilantro thai basil, lettuce, green onion, shrimp| dip with vinegar, chili sauce, fish sauce | mint and citrus drink | homemade fig newtons and tea 

fern field on hiking trail in Cunningham Fall park 

star moss among velvet moss on northern slop 

some samples back to garden 

• The northern slop has moist and shady environment for  rich moss and fern collection along the hiking path