purple shiso

7-31-2020 Fri. 


DINNER --- scrambled eggs with yellow chive | sauteed Chinese long beans | rice | salad 

                   

another month gone quietly 

• harvested huge amount of purple shiso leaves from D garden, made jars of shiso lemon juice  

baked bronzino

7-30-2020 Thu. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee | Asian style toast | cheese | fruit 
DINNER ---  eggplant relish | steamed Chinese eggplant with garlic and chili sauce | baked bronzino | stewed carrot and kale 

• good fresh fish from local Asian market
• soft toast bread Asian style, hard to get sometime.  

half Chinese, half Syrian

7-29-2020 Wed. 



DINNER ---  Syrian-style simmered carrots with spices, onion and parsley | lightly pickled cucumber | simmered kale, roasted red pepper with  pine nuts | steamed shao-mai 

• very hot day 

Tuscan kale, Chili pepper and Garlic scape from farmer's market

7-28-2020 Tue. 


DINNER --- stir-fried chicken with garlic scape | threaded potato and chili pepper in curry spices | parboiled baby Tuscan kale | rice 

•  deep in summer, in Chinese ancient poem:  綠肥紅瘦 （ season into abundant green and sparse red ) 

congee with chicken broth

7-27-2020 Mon. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee | french toast | fruit
DINNER ---  congee with chicken broth and corn | stir-fried chive flowers and bean curd | sauteed green beans 

• the chicken broth is made from the bones of roasted chicken last week 

vegetables in rainbow colors

7-26-2020 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | cheese and bread | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- watermelon
DINNER --- potato salad with marinated olive,mushroom and pickled garlic | eggplant relish | smoked trout | parboiled dandelion leaves | sauteed fresh corn with roasted red pepper, fresh green chili and onion 

• happy to have fresh vegetables any kind   

gazpacho from farm to table

7-25-2020 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  watermelon 
DINNER ---  gazpacho ( all things from farmers market) | roasted chicken ( whole from W.F.) | corn | parboiled Russian kale || ice cream with berries and madeline 

 hiking Sugar Loaf 

 roasted chicken from WF

• very first time bought a roasted chicken from store. met the low expectation.
• only make gazpacho with fresh vegetables from farmers market 

lotus leaf bun assemble at the table

7-24-2020 Fri. 


DINNER ---  steamed Chinese "lotus leaf" bun , with homemade pork bbq and caramelized onion and cilantro | salad 

• hand food, much better than big mac 

miso-marinated salmon

7-23-2020 Thu. 


 DINNER --- (for Inger) guacamole| Syrian eggplant relish | burrata, basil and tomato | zucchini fritters | baked miso-marinated salmon | wine 

• good goodbye meal