Thai-style hot-sour stew

11-26-2016 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese |  grapefruit | fruit salad   
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
PRE-THEATER-DINNER ---  Thai style seafood stew: squid, dried shrimp, potato, okra, roasted red pepper, Thai basil, lemon leaves, chili and cilantro | bread | sauteed mustard green with Thai chili

 

•  good for a chilly day 
• Arthur Miller's  " a View from the Bridge "

double guess about squid

3-13-2015 Fri. mild, sunny. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice and ma-po tofu  
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- Thai-style hot sour stew of squid and clear noodle bundle | sauteed green beans with black bean sauce | rice | wine 

 

• clear noddle bundle mimics baby squid both in form and in texture

squid and gnocchi

3-29-2014 Sat. mild, rain. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | grapefruit | strawberry AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- port | olives  DINNER --- fresh mozzarella, avacado and tomato | fresh spinach gnocchi with fresh peas and shallots | sauteed squid with hot and sour sauce | wine 

 

•  still waiting for the real spring seasonal vegetables

warm soup and stew for the fall season

10-19-2013 Sat. cool, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | french bread and Norwegian goat cheese | concord grapes | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | steamed dumplings
AFTER-CONCERT-DINNER --- butternut squash and apple soup | Thai-style hot&sour seafood stew with mussels and baby squid | wine 

 

• soup or stew are easier to  suit to two-step preparation for after-concert-dinner