send off 2023

12-26--31-2023 

End of the Year--- eat , drink,  walk and look  

+++++++in Glenstone +++++++++

goodbye of the 2023 sun 

Holiday cooking and baking, plus Yogurt and Whey

12-18--25-2023

 

Holiday cooking and treats 

homemade  Yogurt & Whey

Yogurt into cheese cake 

• marked  positive the  first time on X day, remarkable 

a feast of Southern Itlay at Oreste's

12-11--17-2023

DINNERS --- (at O & F's new home) 

Appetizers:

Focaccia alla 'marinara'

A classic ancient appetizer with olives, capers, garlic, oregano (originally was the

staple food in the Military Navy of Amalfi, a naval city-state in the Middle Ages, hence the 

name marinara 'of the sea').

Lupini

Lupini are crunchy yellow beans that are served as a start up

with green chillies, green olives, parsley and pickled lemon peels.

Wine: Fiano di Puglia, a great white from Apulia

First Course:

Cavatelli Molisani alla Boscaiola

Cavatelli is an ancient pasta, arguably one of the first types done in Italy,

are mentioned by Emperor Frederick II in the 12th century.  It is ordinary 

from Apulia and Molise (the nearby mountainous region to the north of Apulia).

'Boscaiola' means 'in the wood way'.

The pasta is with a modern sauce that has red onions, wild mushrooms (hence the name)

tomatoes, hot red peppers, and sheep cheese.

Wine: Salice Salentino Riserva from Marchese di Borgosole, arguably the best

Salice Salentino producer I've encountered so far.

Second Course: 

Tacchino con le castagne all'Abruzzese. 

This is a version of 'turkey' (we will use Quorn of course) typical of the Abruzzi

Region (the mountainous region to the north of Molise), which is accompanied by chestnuts, instead of potatoes, given the abundance

of chestnuts in the Apennines. Chestnuts are slowly cooked with garlic, shallots sage and white pepper and are served as a savory dish, contrary to many other recipes using chestnuts for

dessert.

Wine: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 

Dessert

Panettone

Drinks: Italian Brandy (recommended), but also Rum or Bourbon are excellent matches! 

at home:

 beef shank stew with chestnuts and vegetables

Art at Glenstone and FIlm at AFI

12-4--10-2023

 DINNERS ---  simmered lotus root with tofu skin rolls | tomato and king mushroom soup | curry threaded potato with chili pepper | parboiled baby kale | broiled lamb shop | stewed Japanese pumpkin with apple , onion and chestnuts 

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Glenstone Museum

 winter scene with Richard Serra 

Hilma af Klint  Tree of Knowledge 

the land art 

AFI Theater 

Fredirick Wiseman's 

4-hour documentary

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