Ciabatta and Frussini

8-14-2013 Wed.  mild, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea | nectarine 
DINNER --- frussini with zucchini, garlic scape,  BBQ pork shoulder, olives, pickled Gigante beans, marinated mushroom | homemade ciabatta bread with olive and balsamic vinegar dip |  ceviche and cucumber salad | wine | homemade lemon chiffon cake with nectarine and ice cream 

• Italian that is

Huevos rancheros + Piadine

8-17-2011 Wed. warm, sunny side up


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- potato stew with chorizo
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- nectarine
DINNER --- huevos rancheros : refried black beans with caramelized onion, Mexican rice, fresh salsa, and sunny-side-up fried egg | homemade Piadine ( thin Italian flat bread ) | wine

• Piadine is very similar to flour tortilla, the Italian way, cooked in a cast-iron pan on stove with a little olive oil.
  

homecooking special

1-17-2011 Mon. cold, cloudy.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade Focaccia bread | goat cheese | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea | sweet rice snack
DINNER --- Focaccia bread | spicy minced chicken with Thai basil | Tong-hao porridge with crushed peanuts | rice | wine

Focaccia

• ten more hours fermentation improved the texture and flavor of the focaccia.
  

food blog two hundreds ago

• in a second hand book store found an old book by Zhen Ban Qiao ( 郑板桥）a Chinese poet/painter in the 18th century. He wrote poems to record daily life, such as an entry on this page: a simple meal at Ms. Lee's house, older son chopping the fresh meat from market, younger son collecting dried branches to make a tender fire, fresh beans from the garden, the wonderful smell spreading beyond the bamboo fence...
  

homemade Focaccia with olive oil and sage

1-16-2011 Sun. cold, sunny.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | egg with milk | apple
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- homemade focaccia | butternut squash and apple soup | sauteed young kale leaves | stir-fired shrimp with winter bamboo shoots and Thai basil | rice | wine

Focaccia

shoots and leaves, + shrimp

• Focaccia is a simple Italian flat bread punctuated with olive oil and the aromatic flavors of sage and garlic