romesco is a sauce and a fish stew

5-06-12-2014 

DINNERS --- cod stew in homemade romesco sauce | stir-fried kale | baby potato with mustard creamy sauce | shrimp with tomato cocktail sauce | steamed artichoke with olive citrus dipping sauce | steamed asparagus | pan-fried Japanese sausages | tofu soup with okra and beech mushroom | steamed egg custard with rice | simmered kao-fu with shiitake , wood-ear and daylily buds 

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mostly about flowers and Japanese cooking

4-29--5-05-2024

DINNERS ---    salad with arugula blossom ( from farmer's market in Brooklyn) |  natto miso tofu soup ( premade mixture from Brooklyn) |  soba with natto (made in Brooklyn) | lightly pickled mitsuba ( from own garden) | pan-fried gyoza | simmered kabucha with caramelized onion | steamed shao-ma | pan-fried Japanese kurobuta sausage |   onigiri with pickled mustard green filling | boiled and fried little potatoes | Japanese style pan-fried pork chop | clam and tofu soup with black  & white mushroom |  steamed artichoke  with dashi dipping | pan-fried shishito peppers |  kamameshi eel rice with vegetables | sake | mocha  mochi with green tea  

arugula blossom: spicy as leaves 

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flowers  brought inside 

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flowers in the garden 

sour cherries  after blossom