back to rolling board: homemade gnocchi and cottage-cheese bread

8-05--17-2025

post-travel home-sick 

home baked cottage cheese+dill+onion bread 

congee

home made gnocchi 

home made roasted red pepper+okra sauce 

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from farmer's market 

Korean beef short ribs 

Taiwanese style fried rice 

beansprouts and garlic scape 

 glorious trays  from Hinata 

soba 

late summer garden portraits 

at sunset 

rabbit ragu with homemade pappardelle

12-26-2020 Sat. 

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | sunny side up | oat porridge | fruits

AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea | roasted seeds and peanuts 

DINNER --- rabbit ragu ( from rabbit stew leftover) with homemade spinach pappardelle | sauteed Chinese celery with bean curd and golden pepper | stir-fried threaded radish | wine  || Persian cookies and French cake 

a gift in wrap , delivered to m.a.

starting with super smooth ball 

• French / Italian 

homemade orecchiette

1-07-2019 Mon. 


BREAKFAST--- homemade cilantro flat bread | congee with thousand-year-old egg and pickles | fruit | coffee 
DINNER --- homemade orecchiette with tomato sauce  | suateed long beans 

•  dough and shaping takes time and patience 

donuts, gnocchi and etc.

10-21-2017 Sat. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | donuts | apple 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- steamed  fresh sweet shrimp
DINNER ---  homemade gnocchi  with manila clam in herb garlic broth  | pan-fried lotus root | sauteed pea shoots | mini cake 

• selection of donuts from 202 Donuts, pretty popular little store. too sweet.
• fresh  little sweet shrimp showed up in season, catch them when you can. 
• homemade pasta with clams, delicious.
• mini cakes from LP, this time too dry and too dense 

homemade trofie

10-27-2011 Thu. cool, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- lightly pickled and pan-fried eggplant | sauteed chive flower buds and smoked tofu | homemade semolina trofie with ragu sauce | wine

• pickled eggplant is not mushy this time, has the right slightly crunchy texture.
  
• trofie is made smaller size this time, nicely chewy.