homemade pickled cabbage

3-07-2017 Tue.


 DINNER ---  homemade napa cabbage pickles | vegetable soup: tomato, tonghao leaves, winter bamboo, weed-ear, lily flowers and shang-yao 

 

•  a celebration of vegetables. 

Crab cakes and squid/mussel pasta

6-29-2016 Wed. warm, sunny. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pasta
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- ( for S. B. Jojo and Z. )  cocktail |  lightly marinated  mozzarella | pickled mushroom, mini eggplant, smoked tofu  and roasted red pepper | guacamole and crackers | Norwegian goat cheese and jarlseberg | crisp bread  ||  beet and culture milk soup with strawberries | homemade Maryland blue crab cake and  homemade coleslaw | fresh corn fritters | green pasta with smoked mussels and baby squid, in roasted red pepper and pecan sauce | wine || French fruit tarts  | green tea 

•  great to have friends together for a nice dinner. no time to get photo though. 
• homemade crab cake:  big lump crab meat, egg, mustard, spices, herbs, bread crumbs, packed overnight, lightly fried before serving. 

stay cool with ceviche and quinoa

7-19-2013 Fri. hot, sunny.  



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- peach
DINNER --- quinoa | fish ceviche with lightly pickled cucumbers and chili | smoked tofu, cilantro and roasted spicy peanuts | fennel and cherry tomato salad | wine 

• all can be in  the salad category. heat weave persists

lightly pickled cabbage

4-15-2013 Tue. mild, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple  
DINNER --- lightly pickled cabbage, ginger and Thai chili | sauteed eggplant with cilantro | sauteed bitter melon with fermented black beans | rice | wine 

 

• vegetable day. cabbage is pickled with citrus marinade, spicy and sour, crispy