rice noodle soup with clams and the broth

10-31-2020 Sat. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee |  Norwegian pancake with apple and brown sugar | fruit 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER ---  baked Japanese sweet potato fries | nice noodle soup with manila clams and beech mushroom, shiso leaves | parboiled Chinese greens | sauteed Chinese celery with red pepper and bean curd | baked bronzino fish | mocktail 

• learned a thing from a Korean farmer's vlog:  rice broth as soup base 

rice porridge

10-30-2020 Fri. 

DINNER ---  rice porridge with pickled vegetables and pickled seaweed 

• comfort food when things are not comfortable 

chive flowers

10-29-2020 Thu. 

 DINNER ---  fried rice | stir-fried chive flowers with bean curd 

 American fringe tree , planted today 

• two trees in , American fringe tree and Sweet bay magnolia 

pasta with romesco sauce

10-28-2020 Wed. 

 DINNER --- pasta with romesco sauce and fresh red pepper, beech mushroom | precuito | pan-fried lotus chips | steamed Brussels sprouts with lemon juice 

• early voting 2020 

a slow cooking showcase, lamb stew

10-27-2020 Tue. 

  DINNER ---  lamb and potato stew | parboiled pea leaves 

• 4h low heat simmering 

fried rice

10-26-2020 Mon. 

DINNER ---  stir-fried red pepper and mushroom | fried rice with egg, fresh peas and bean  curd | simmered Japanese squash 

an adventure with chestnuts

10-25-2020 Sun. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | toast | fruit 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER ---  rice with fresh mountain chestnuts | lamb chop stew with daikon and carrot | parboiled pea leaves with dashi broth and sesame seeds  |  pan-fried plantain | mocktail  

Italian chestnut knife 

cut X and boil in water for 10 min.

peel... when they are very hot 

steam with rice and kunbu 

• when the nuts remain hot, it is possible to peel both  inner and outer shells together.
• procedure: cut x on the bottom of chestnut, boil in hot water for 15 minutes. keep them in  hot water and peel off the hard shell. Reboil in small batches to heat the inner skin shell to remove it.  

matsutake mushroom, a treat once a year

10-24-2020 Sat. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER --- broiled matsutake | steamed Japanese eggplant with shiso | pan-fried shishito peppers | simmered Japanese pumpkin | parboiled Japanese greens | rice noodles with pickled vegetables, bamboo shoots , fried tofu skin chips and peanuts 

winter berry 

remain of the wild tree 

matsutake

• celebration of the golden season 

rainbow of sushi

10-23-2020 Fri. 

DINNER ---  ( takeout Hinata ) sushi | parboiled pea leaves  || chestnut cake | coffee jelly 

 

• all from Hinata