a plate of fresh vegetables

9-02-2019 Mon. 

BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  caramelized carrot and onion with bacon, parsley and cilantro  | sauteed sweet corn with shallot and green chili 

• from farmer's stand 

farm to table

7-21-2016 Thu. hot, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pasta 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- new potatoes wit herbs | scrambled eggs with tomato and mint | corn | salad | wine

 

• a few things straight from farm to table, fridge bypassed 

corn on the cob

7-09-2015 Thu. hot, sunny. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- Mexican rice
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- raspberries 
DINNER --- guacamole and chips | fresh corn | simmered Chinese eggplant with roasted red pepper | rice | salad | wine

 

• good vegetables from farmer's market, corn and eggplant

shishito and fresh corn have arrived

6-20-2015 Sat. hot, storm.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | watermelon 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- pan-fried shishito peppers | fresh corn on the cob | mussels in spring onion and ginger broth, served with bread | wine | ice cream and raspberries 

 

• very good mussels from WF, tender and flavorful. 
• shishito from Local Japanese store,  fresh corn from farmer's market. summer is here.

last corn of the year

10-13-2014 Mon. damp, rain.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ji-cai wonton soup | gyoza
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | bread and pate
DINNER --- sauteed corn and chili | sauteed pea shoots | pan-fried shishito peppers | zong-zi | wine 

• fall colors already settle in. the cherry tree is gone.

vegetables from farm to table

7-20-2014 Sun. warm, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | watermelon | bread and cheese 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | grapes | strawberries 
DINNER ---sweet corn | curry cauliflower | sauteed pea shoots | rice | wine 

 

• summer vegetables from farmer's market

summer arrives with fresh corn and snapper

6-21-2014 Sat. mild, clouds.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | baguette | French and Italian cheese | raspberries | strawberries | lychee
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---mojito | olives | chicken liver pate and crackers | spicy peanuts
DINNER ---  sauteed fresh peas with garlic scape and roasted red pepper | baked yellow tail snapper with Spanish chorizo, lemon, Sicilian olive oil and herbs | fresh sweet corn | wine

 

• first corn of the season. today's catch whole yellow tail is very fresh that makes those filleted fish pieces and whoever buying them look pathetic.

back to cooking

7-01-2012 Sun. hot, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bagel | water melon 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  peach 
DINNER --- Russian black bread | pasta with shrimp and asparagus | sauteed fresh corn with roasted red pepper and shallot | wine 

 

• power is back on, cooking resumes

first fresh corn of the year

6-14-2012 Thu. mild, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH ---rice with spicy cabbage 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  nectarine 
DINNER --- sauteed fresh corn with shallots and roasted red onion |  roasted simmered tofu with salmon and spinach | pan-fried pork chop  | rice | wine 

 

• local fresh corn is tender and sweet, goes well with roasted red pepper.

The colors and scents of summer

6-19-2011 Sun. warm, cloudy.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | lychee | Hami melon
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- fresh corn fritters | sauteed Roma beans | Maitake mushroom with Chorizo sausage sauteed in wine | rice, served with fresh tomatillo salsa verde | fennel and Romaine lettuce salad | wine

tomatillo, Roma beans,banana peppers,eggplant
fresh from farmer's market this morning...

...most to the dinner table this evening

• so much fresh produce at the farmer's market right now, first fresh sweet corns of the season, and tomatillo so green.
  

Amish corn fritters

8-19-2010 Thu. warm, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pasta and sauteed green beans
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- peach
DINNER --- fresh sweet corn fritters | pickled hot peppers | sauteed king mushroom, flat-leaf chives, and spicy tofu | ratatouille ( eggplant, zucchini and tomato ) | rice | salad of radish, sweet pepper and lettuce | wine

• it is almost the end of the fresh sweet corn season at the farmer's market. corn kernels are scraped off from the cob, and mixed with egg yolk and seasoned flour. The egg white is beaten separately and fold everything together. the mixture is fried in a hot cast-iron pan till golden.