sweet carrots

12-06-2016 Tue.  cold rain


DINNER ---  garlic and herb soup with egg, tofu puff and okra | simmered carrots with bacon and cilantro | stir-fried chive flowers and smoked tofu | rice

 

•  this carrot recipe is French Algerian

some like it hot, lamb shank tagine

1-5-2013 Sun. cold, icy rain. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange bread | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | Chinese tea snack | tangerine 
DINNER ---  sauteed mustard green | sauteed pea leaves with beech mushrooms | lamb shank tagine with dates and pomegranate | pita bread | wine 

 

• lamb shank tagine recipe : " bundling up with lamb" from City Kitchen NYT 

Approaching Africa

7-21-2010 Wed. hot, sunny.

BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- soba noddles with mushroom and cucumber
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- spicy stew of green beans,bitter melon and zucchini | couscous | sauteed shrimp with ginger sauce | fennel salad | cheese plate | red wine

• North African spicy stewed vegetables with couscous, more than ten kinds of spices went into the stew.