9-19--25-2022
DINNERS --- homemade tortillas | Mexican rice, re-fried black beans, salsa and sunny side egg | corn | butternut squash and apple soup | Korean style beef ribs | Japaese style simmered pot of tofu, mushroom, shishito peppers and lotus root
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from one's own garden
beauty berry
English hawthorn
gardenia
9-12--18 2022
DINNER --- ( for the cooking group ) wine | endive boat of Shanghai salsa | skewers of grilled little squid and leek | rice crackers and nuts || simmered daikon in dashi with okra, mountain yam noddle knots and oyster mushroom | cocktail shrimp with fresh ginger and rice vinegar dip | simmered lotus root and bitter melon | karmameshi Japanese rice pot with eels and kabucha | Cantonese moon cake | Japanese layered ring cake with ice cream | green tea
weekdays: fried rice with garlic scape, sweet pepper, tofu and peas | scrambled eggs with yellow chives
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9-5--11-2022
DINNERS --- moon festival food: moon cake, taro root, soybean in pod, lotus root | okra and fish tofu soup | shrimp with celery | pan fried dumplings | soba noodle with shiso and cucumber | pasta with king mushroom, leek, garlic, cherry tomato and basil | broiled lamb chop
new to the garden
8-29 -- 9-4 -2022
DINNERS --- (at Nasime, old town Alexandria VA) chef's 7-course testing menu seasonal, August | Japanese whisky high ball | Japanese beer IPA
( at home ) udon noodle bowl | burrata, tomato and watercress | bbq short rib | sateed kale | steamed bornzino | Vietnamese spring rolls | French lentil with vegetable ragu
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