French onion white bean soup and jade green celtuce

1-12--18-2026

 HEARTY WINTER COOKING ---  

French onion white bean soup

NYT Cooking recipe 

sauteed okra, red pepper and mustard greens 

a rare find: very fresh celtuce 

stem lightly pickled 

leaves into clam hotpot 

tong-hao porridge with crushed peanuts 

pan-fried lotus root chips 

on a bowl of rice 

roasted vegetables 

• https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026336-french-onion-white-bean-soup 

steaming clams in tagine on table top stove

3-02-2019 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | home baked bread and cheese | grapefruit | grapes 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
AFTER-CONCERT-DINNER --- tabletop steamed manila clams | curry cauliflower | celtuce salad | home baked thin flat bread 

• mush more fun to have clams with tabletop steaming. need a new table top stove 

celtuce, editable jade

12-24-2016 Sat. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee | street food
LUNCH --- (at X.Z.)  Chinese celery |  celtuce | bok choy | taro root |  purple cabbage with wood ear | cloves with bai-jiu  | fried fish
DINNER --- steamed fish | dumplings 

 

• very good celtuce, won't find it back in the US. 

major operation for daikon and its peers

2-13-2016 Sat. freezing cold, sunny.



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | orange bread | cheese | pomelo  
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---apple
DINNER ---  "drenched" daikon:  daikon simmered in dashi |  grilled and marinated vegetable melange: kabucha, negi, winter bamboo shoots, eggplant, red pepper, king mushroom and celtuce  | grilled dried mochi | pan-fried whole silver promfret with ginger sauce | wine 

• what a treat,  both in cooking and eating 

Celtuce = asperagus x lettuce

4-03-2010 Sat. warm, sunny

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | coconut cream bread | scallion pancake | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- (at R. B. Brewery) beer
DINNER --- yellow chive and scrambled eggs | sauteed celtuce ( Chinese stem lettuce) with smoked tofu and pickled radish | roasted Yukon potatoes | boiled pea leaves and wood-ear fungi with ponzu sauce |

• celtuce and yellow chive are unique vegetables from China, a real treat when we can have them both in one meal here.
  

Sauteed celtuce

• two stems celtuce
  
• 1 piece smoked tofu , thinly sliced
  
• a handful wood-ear fungi, revived by cooking in hot water
  
• 1 tbs dried Goji berry , revived by soaking in the water
  
• 1 tbs radish pickles , chopped finely
  
• 1 tbs finely chopped green onion
  
• cooking oil
• salt
  
• 1 tsp mirin

1. peel off the tough out layer of the celtuce, cut into slices
   
2. heat the cooking oil in a pan over medium heat, add green onion, and smoked tofu, cook for a 1minute
   
3. add celtuce and wood-ear, saute for a couple of minutes, add mirin and salt, cook another 2-3 minutes, celtuce should absorb flavor and remain crunchy
   
4. add Goji berry and radish pickles, mix well, serve hot