Hungarian fennel bread & Sicilian almond cookie

2-28-2021 Sun. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | home baked Hungarian fennel bread | cheese | fruit 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER --- baked Japanese sweet potato fries | Japanese style pan-fried pork cutlet | stir-fried Chinese celery with golden pepper and bean curd | rice || homemade Sicilian almond cookie | tea 

• the bread is a success, the cookie is kind of a failure, texture is wrong, hard all the way through, not "crisp skin and chewy interior" . 

a simmering pot of tofu, shrimp and shittake

2-27-2021 Sat. 

 DINNER --- simmered pot of tofu, shrimp and shittake | lightly pickled mustard green 

baked German pancake

2-26-2021 Fri. 

 DINNER --- pan-fried potato with onion | pan-fried shishito pepper | parboiled baby kale and needle mushroom | cucumber and kimchi salad

breakfast: German pancake with berries 

it is baked in oven 

peas and pea leaves

2-25-2021 Thu. 

 DINNER --- steamed egg custard with seasoned seaweed | parboiled pea leaves | sauteed fresh peas with bean curd | rice 

zucchini, kale and mushroom

2-24-2021 Wed. 

 DINNER --- zucchini fritter | sauteed kale with mushroom and red pepper 

fantastic form and taste

2-23-2021 Tue. 

 DINNER --- sweet sour lotus root | satueed bitter melon | rice 

• nature at its intriguing design 

all Chinese vegetables

2-22-2021 Mon. 

 DINNER --- vegetable soup | simmered Chinese eggplant | taro root with scallion 

slow fermenation showcase

2-21-2021 Sun. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST ---  waffle with berries | grape fruit |  sweet rice dumpling in fermented sweet rice broth 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  home baked no-knead rustic bread | cold cuts | cocktail 

DINNER ---  baked bronzino | stir-fried Chinese celery and bean cured 

• a beautiful loaf of bread, NYT recipe,  Jim Lahey original. 

more batter, this one for waffle

2-20-2021 Sat. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | homemade waffle | berries | grapefruit | mango 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER --- curry cauliflower | scrambled eggs with tomato | baked Japanese sweet potato fries 

• a NYT  recipe 

kimchi jeon

2-19-2021 Fri. 

DINNER ---  kimchi jeon fritter | peas and bean curd | tofu and spinach 

matured kimchi 

• homemade kimchi, scallion,  onion, flour, starch ( a spil crisis ) and egg batter 

leftovers collection

2-18-2021 Thu. 

 DINNER --- leftovers" dumplings | Chinese long beans | spinach and mushroom |  sauteed peas and bean curd 

• clean up 

kimchi dumplings

2-17-2021 Wed. 

DINNER --- steamed dumplings with kimchi and vegetable filling 

• kimchi adds strong flavor, no dipping sauce needed
• kimchi jar is moved to fridge. 

animation of loading a rice bowl

2-16-2021 Tue. 

DINNER ---  rice bowl with steamed egg, parboiled spinach and needle mushroom, simmered Chinese log beans 

breakfast 

young kimchi salad

2-15-2021 Mon. 

 DINNER ---  potato with mustard sauce | homemade 3-day kimchi and daikon salad | bbq cauliflowers 

kimchi in progress

2-14-2021 Sun. 

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

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER ---  homemade Chinese stuffed pancake with chive mixture | parboiled Chinese greens | baked bronzino with ginger and scallion and lemon 

making kimchi: the 5th day

the first jar to fridge (lightly fermented ) 

• bubbles moving up in the kimchi batch. the sour taste appears thanks to fermentation.