DINNERS --- wine soy braised beef shank with tofu, tea egg and fresh chestnuts | Taiwan style hand-pulled noodles in beef shank broth with beef and green onion | steamed Chinese eggplant with garlic and chili sauce | Shanghai style wonton soup with shrimp and green mustard filling | pasta with baby squid, shittake and okra
( at Susann's ) tuna and cream cheese in mini puff pastry shells | popover bread | prosecco | 6-h 250degree oven braised beef brisket | sauteed string beans with sun-dried tomato sauce | baked baby potatoes with cheese | pumpkin pie and wine-poached pear | wine
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at Susann's gathering
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Smithsonian Asian Art Gallery
Lara's tour : the Great Mongol Shahnama
