roasted lamb leg and scallion flat bread

2-10-2019 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese |  fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER ---  roasted lamb leg | sauteed mustard green | scallion flat bread 

• nomad 

hands-on skill of making chive-box flat bread

6-22-2018 Fri. 


DINNER ---  homemade chive filled flat bread | pasta wit fresh homemade pesto sauce | daikon soup with okra and wood ear 

• third batch, improving folds and tugs 

what we cook when we talk about Mediterranean

9-03-2012 Mon. hot, cloudy.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and jam | water melon | cherries
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER ---  chive dumplings with ground lamb and Greek yogurt | Lebanese vegetable confit: tomato, shallots, sweet potato, carrots, fennel, radicchio and mushrooms | Syrian  flat bread with ground lamb and cheese topping | Spanish pizza with pickled anchovy, roasted red pepper, black olive and cheese | fennel and avocado salad | wine 

 

• so much to cook Mediterranean

Fusion without boundaries

4-13-2011 Wed. chilly, cloudy.

BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed vegetable buns
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- black tea
DINNER --- egg drop soup with tomato, fennel and mushrooms | Lebanese egg and olive salad | Cantonese style BBQ pork shoulder and caramelized sweet onion | Indian flat bread Naan | wine

• the Canton-style pork shoulder was marinated for two days and oven-braised for two hours, though long time procedure, the actual work is minimum. the meat was tender and flavorful, goes very well with sweet onion and flat bread. the marinating/oven-braising method can be applied to pork belly as well.
  

Crumbs and wine in the garden

5-15-2010 Sat. perfect, sunny with a touch of clouds

Afternoon party --- inari sushi | onigiri with pickled celtuce and nori | eel nigiri | spicy korean rice cake skewer | chicken satay | soba with veggies | celery tofu salad | chive & char siu pork buns | ceviche endive boats | Spanish flat bread | Iranian flat bread | gyoza | Vietnamese spring rolls | cocktail shrimp | Indian stir-fried eggplant, potato & gherkin (Marilu) | orange date bread | baguette | cheeses: aged gouda, French blue cheese, brie, jarlsberg | liver pâté | cream puffs | madeleines (Midori) | tiramisu (Sonia) | apple cake (Jing) | beer | ale | wine | sorbet seltzer | tea

• an afternoon of clear spring sun in contrast to yesterday's 30 second deluge of hail stones. grass feels good underfoot. many friends gathered at our tea-house garden, from 4 year old to age 86.