panna cotta with peach compote

5-31-2021 Mon. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | oats porridge with honey |  fruit 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER ---  homemade sourdough bread | cheese | prosciutto | steamed asparagus | marghritta pizza | vegetable and tofu soup || homemade panna cotta with peach compote 

hiking, Appalachian trail 

Annapolis Rock view point 

• finally a glorious sunny day after record-breaking cold rainy days. 

seasonal apricot and peach, on pizza and in cake

5-30-2021 Sun. 

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

AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea 

DINNER --- homemade pizza :  (24h yeast dough and sour dough)  zucchini with tarragon and cheese | shrimp with asparagus and mushroom | fresh apricot with goat cheese and arugula | margherita  | cocktails || homemade peach cake 

• the pick color is from the broth of poached fresh peach skin 

cognac cocktail with cherry, cheese with truffle

5-29-2021 Sat. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade English muffin | sunny -side-up egg | fruit 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea

DINNER --- home baked sour dough | cheese board| Italian cold cuts | cognac cocktail with cherry |  vegetable soup | peas and tofu | steamed artichoke | parboiled dandelion leaves 

• good chat with Brie,  substantial cheese sampling. 

Japanese night, shaved ice included

5-28-2021 Thu. 

 DINNER --- Japanese style pan-fried pork cutlet | baby potato with mustard sauce | pan-fried shishito and leek | parboiled greens || homemade shaved ice with fruit 

front garden collection 

homemade shaved ice 

peach cake from fresh peaches

5-27-2021 Thu. 

 DINNER ---  peas and bean curd | eggplant | rice 

cooked fresh peaches 

reincarnated into peach cake 

sweet corn fritter

5-26-2021 Wed. 

 DINNER --- watercress and tomato salad | sweet and sour lotus root | corn fritter 

Icelandic poppy 

middleeast sweets 

zhong zi the rice bundle in reed leaf

5-25-2021 Tue.

 DINNER --- zong-zi ( reed leaf wrapped rice bundle ) | simmered Japanese pumpkin | parboiled kale 

• it is about the season to have zong-zi 

lotus root and bitter melon

5-24-2021 Mon. 

BREAKFAST --- homemade bagel  |   coffee | fruit 

DINNER --- simmered Chinese eggplant | sauteed lotus root and bitter melon | tomato soup with mountain yam noodle 

• another Monday