Sunday, October 30, 2022

french invasion

10-24--30-2022 

 

 DINNERS --- french lentils with kale, carrot and celery | broiled lamb chop | tater tots with cocktail sauce | seasoned saffron  rice | sauteed mustard green | pan-fried plantain | kau-fu stew pot | stir-fried Roma beans | baked whole bronzino


five minutes away

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Sunday, October 23, 2022

an Italian night: no-knead pizza, no-churn semifreddo

10-17--23-2022

DINNERS ---  homemade pizza:  four cheeses: fresh goat cheese, 1000-day gouda, parmesan, blue cheese; toppings: salami, shiitake, zucchini, roasted sweet pepper with homemade sofrito | homemade semifreddo with honey and raspberry jelly | wine |

| steamed manila clams  on table | shrimp and vegetable paella | curry stew of beef, cabbage, potato, turnip, carrots and fried tofu| beef osso buco soup with rice noodles and pea shoots | steamed okra with tomato sauce | steamed egg custard | parboiled greens | pan-fried lotus root 

 




 


**** pizza ***


*** semifreddo***


 
hiking ...  in Catoctin mountain




  • no-knead pizza, 24-h fermentation 
  • semifreddo:  1 cup heavy cream,  4 egg white,  1/4 cup sugar,  vanilla extract.  whip and fold,  form in mold box, freeze overnight.

Sunday, October 16, 2022

best collection of Japanese autumn

10-10--16-2022

 

 DINNERS --- baked matsutake| simmered kabucha |  simmered daikon |  carrots bread | fried tofu and wood-ear soup |  pasta with roasted red pepper sauce | scrambled eggs with yellow chives | parboiled greens

 

  matsutake, kabucha, daikon




 

new toad lily

new river birch


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Adams Morgen Porch Music Festival 

the crowds

before Landsat concert


  • matsutake mushroom, very seasonal with high cost 
  • a new river birch is planted at the back of the tea house

Sunday, October 9, 2022

homemade udon, and potato+apple quiche

10-03--09-2022

 

 DINNERS ---  savory leek scone |  potato+ apple quiche |  homemade udon noodles in dashi broth +  tempura: shrimp, lotus root, eggplant, tonghao leaves |  simmered kao-fu pot with wood-ear, tofu skin, leek, sweet pepper, lotus root and okra | grilled lamb chop | manila clams and okra with baguette | baked bronizo | satueed roma beans | homemade semifreddo | homemade espresso+chocolate cake | homemade biscotti 

 




  • mostly dd's work:  savory leek scone,  potato+ apple quiche,  homemade udon noodles in dashi broth with tempura, semifreddo, espresso +chocolate cake,  biscotti 

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