sweet corn with red pepper and green chili

9-30-2021 Thu. 

 DINNER ---  simmered eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce | sauteed fresh peas with bean curd | sweet corn with red pepper and green chili 

garden in early fall

9-29-2021 Wed. 

 DINNER --- baby potatoes with mustard | scrambled eggs with cilantro | stir-fried zucchini, red pepper and king mushroom 

brilliant blue, hummingbird's favorite 

pasta with roasted red pepper sauce

9-28-2021 Tue. 

DINNER ---  pasta with roasted red pepper sauce and king mushroom |  prosciutto | salad 

homemade orange dates bread

9-27-2021 Mon. 

BREAKFAST --- homemade orange dates bread | coffee | fruits 

DINNER --- curry cauliflowers | parboiled Chinese greens | stir-fried bell pepper and smoked tofu | rice 

silver pomfret

9-26-2021 Sun. 

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

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER --- silver pomfret in ginger and scallion sauce | simmered Chinese silk gourd with mountain yam noodle bundle | par boiled baby kale | avocado salad 

cocktails : drink, shrimp and dipping sauce

9-25-2021 Sat. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | bread and cheese |  oats porridge | fruits 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER --- oyster mushroom and kombu roll soup | cocktail |  cocktail shrimp with homemade cocktail sauce | peas, carrots and chive flowers | salad 

new Muhly grass 

Brazilian salvier 

• a few new plants in in the garden:   4 pink muhly grass,  1 mountain laurel,  1 rhododendron,  2 camellia, all  pink collection. 

heavy-duty pork chops and fries

9-24-2021 Fri. 

DINNER ---  pan-fried pork chop | baked sweet potato fries | parboiled greens | wine 

• thick cut with bones 

white corn from farmers market

9-23-2021 Thu. 

 DINNER --- stir-fried chive flowers with smoked tofu | sauteed peas and carrots | rice | white corn 

• white corn from farmers market, so sweet 

solo dinner

9-22-2021 Wed. 

 DINNER ---  steamed bun | brussels sprouts | steamed egg custard 

• a  jazz performance occupied dinner time. 

oyster mushroom

9-21-2021 Tue. 

DINNER ---  mustard greens with oyster mushroom | pan-fried Brussels sprouts | potato with mustard 

• shittake mushrooms disappeared on shelf in local Chinese market,  substituted by oyster mushrooms 

another Monday

9-20-2021 Mon. 

 DINNER --- potato |  cold cuts | sauteed long beans and carrots | parboiled mustard greens 

a thousand beats of egg white for zucchini fritters

9-19-2021 Sun. 

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

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER --- cold cuts | parboiled baby kale | zucchini fritters | sauteed fresh peas with bean curd 

crabs and fish

9-18-2021 Sat. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | bread and cheese | croissant | fruits 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- steamed crab with rice vinegar and ginger dip 

DINNER --- soba noodles with shiso and sunflower sprouts | parboiled pea leaves | baked bronzino 

Friday winding down

9-17-2021 Fri. 

DINNER ---  beer | cold cuts | sweet potato french fries  | guacamole and rye crackers | pan-fried shishito peppers  

• assembling  rather than cooking on Friday evening
• leftover paint turning out wall art after Josef Albers 

Thai style bean sprouts

9-16-2021 Thu. 

 DINNER ---  pan-fried lotus root | parboiled pea leaves | Thai style bean sprouts with green onion and smoked tofu | leftover curry rice 

one pot curry rice

9-15-2021 Wed. 

 DINNER ---  curry rice with bean curd, egg and peas 

• a variation of fried rice 

purple and green

9-14-2021 Tue. 

 DINNER ---  simmered Chinese eggplants |  stir-fried roma beans | rice 

• contrast of texture, color and flavor. 

eat the stem and root: water bamboo and taro root

9-13-2021 Mon.

DINNER ---  stir-fried water bamboo, bean curd and green pepper | parboiled mustard green | taro root with cilantro 

• 茭白 ,   now the stem as vegetable in south Asia, used to be cultivated for its grain thousand years ago. 

better food at home

9-12-2021 Sun. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | cheese | fruits 

AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea

DINNER ---  baked bronzino | parboiled baby kale | mashed potato with boiled egg, mustard, green peas and salmon roe | salad 

Josiah Henson Museum and Park

• Josiah Henson Museum and Park finished  the restoration and a new awesome visitor center, part of Underground Railroad project.