homemade orange bread, quabili pilau

10-24-2015 Sat. chilly, clouds and rain


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | homemade orange bread | grapefruit | grapes | apple
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---wine | three French cheese | concord grapes
DINNER ---   quabili pilau | simmered spinach with garlic and pine nuts | wine

 

• all the good food,  keep the oven busy
• all hand-cut cheese 20% off, cannot resist 

3.1415, baked bread instead of pie

3-14-2015  Sat. mild, rain. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee  | croissant | homemade orange bread | fresh orange juice | apple | grape fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- Shanghai style smoked belt fish | sauteed canola shoots | rice | wine 

 

• bread turned out excellent. 
• found a good outdoor dinning table/chair set designed more than half century ago. 

Vietnamese plates and bowls

11-02-2014 Sun. chilly,windy.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange bread | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea  
DINNER --- ( at Vietnamese restaurant )  quail | mussels | beef pho | ground beef wrapped in leaves | pancake with bean sprouts and shrimp | beer 

•   authentic , middle brow

sweetness

3-20-2014 Thu. chilly, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- carrots and orange soup  | homemade orange bread |  simmered eggplant |  sauteed mustard greens | rice | wine 

 

• carrot orange soup has the sweetness from earthy substance and fruity fragrance

paella yaki-onigiri

12-24-2013 Tue. cold, windy. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee | scallion pancake | apple | grapefruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | tangerine
DINNER ---  tempura miso soup | paella yaki-onigiri | scrambled eggs with Chinese yellow chives | smoked tofu salad | spinach with ponzu | wine



 

• leftovers into new forms for the C-eve dinner. the orange bread is freshly baked.

orange bread and pan-fried cod

10-27-2013 Sun. chilly, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange bread | apple | fresh squeezed orange juice 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | tangerine
DINNER ---  pan-fried cod with sauteed red pepper and shallots | sauteed young mustard greens with chili sauce | rice | wine 

• fresh-baked orange bread  with sweet tangy fragrance.