Market to Table, everyday practice at the end of summer

9-14--27-2026

summer ending ---

baking and cooking --- 

Swedish cinnamon buns

oats with roasted peanuts

cod and potato 

steamed egg custard with seaweed

sauteed Chinese long beans 

manila clams and tofu 

kale and chili 

 Korean style beef short ribs 

pasta with homemade tomato sauce and zucchini 

grilled lamb chop, potato salad, sauteed greens 

THEATER --- Firebird by Dance Theatre of Harlem 

steamed egg custard

9-01-2020 Tue. 


 DINNER --- sauteed eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce and onion | leftovers of green vegetables | steamed egg custard 

• little time in the kitchen 

fried rice of assembled leftovers

7-05-2020 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | cheese and crackers | fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- fried rice | poached and marinated rome tomatoes | cucumber and Japanese mountain yam | pan-fried shishito peppers | salad 

• winding down 

rice with vegetables

1-07-2020 Tue. 


 DINNER --- congee with pickled bamboo shoots, preserved egg | tomato soup with okra, beech mushroom and silken tofu | sauteed mustard green | simmered eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce | rice 

• hot soup for a wet chili day 

snap peas, cauliflowers, chive flowers

10-29-2019 Tue. 


DINNER ---  tomato and cauliflower | smoked tofu and chive flowers | sweet snap peas | rice 

• clean cut vegetables 

scrambling

7-11-2019 Thu. 


 DINNER ---  radicchio and pear salad | scramble eggs with tomato and bay scallop | sauteed bitter melon and shiitake mushroom | parboiled pea leaves | rice 

• big storm passing,  skip  the class and make more food 

Chinese one buck dinner

6-11-2019 Tue. 


DINNER --- parboiled Chinese green | steamed egg custard with dried shrimp and seaweed | rice 

• 30 minutes time frame, two eggs, one bundle of  canola shoots 

steamed short ribs

5-17-2019 Fri. 


 DINNER --- steamed short ribs with crushed spiced rice and carrot | sauteed bitter melon, beech mushroom and leak | curry cauliflower | homemade zongzi || Japanese cookie 

flowers from garden 

• approaching summer 

Chinese cooking 101

4-15-2019 Mon. 


DINNER --- sauteed Chinese greens | steamed egg custard with dried shrimp | sweet sour louts root | rice 

• comforting 

kao-fu

3-26-2019 Tue. 


 DINNER --- sauteed bean sprouts, silk gourd, Chinese yam, and jalapeno |  simmered kao-fu with wood-ear, dried day-lily buds, bamboo shoot and shiitake mushroom | rice 

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• contrast of color and texture, flavor . 

a simple Chinese fare

1-04-2019 Fri. 


DINNER ---  sauteed  mustard greens | simmered Chinese eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce | broiled yellow crocker  

new year day in

1-01-2019 Tue. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  |  homemade star bread | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | pomegranate 
DINNER --- grilled yellowtail collar |  tonghao porridge with crushed peanuts | simmered kao-fu with shiitake, wood ear, winter bamboo shoots and day lily buds  | rice || cognac and chocolate 

• the year starts quietly with comforting food