hot pot and bread baking

1-06-2018 Sat. 


 DINNER --- homemade no-knead bread | Chinese hot pot ( lamb, tofu, seafood, leafy vegetables) 

• for  a very cold day 

to the year of sheep

2-22-2015 Sun. chilly, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | apple | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | tangerine | pomelo  
DINNER --- ( with O. and F.) Homemade no-knead bread | Portuguese buttery sheep cheese ( Ovelha Amanteigado Mitica ) | shao-mai || cava || takoyaki  Japanese pumpkin balls | winter vegie and tofu tagine | clay pot melange | Chinese flat-leaf chives with beech mushrooms | rice | | sake || Beijing yogurt with candied nuts |  lapsang souchong tea  

 

•   The homemade no-knead bread and pumpkin balls are particularly good and well received

no-knead bread in dutch oven

2-16-2015 Mon. very cold, cloudy to snow.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee | oats and yogurt  | scallion pancake | apple | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- tom yum soup ( mushroom, snow peas, chopped clam, lotus root, shallots, green chili, winter bamboo shoots,cilantro) | homemade no-knead bread | wine 

 

• a success of no-knead bread of Jim Lahey's approach.
• a good tom tum soup too,  Thai base with some special Chinese winter  ingredients.

Jim Lahey's no-knead bread

10-16-2011 Sun. warm, sunny.



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | Norwegian pancakes with apple and brown sugar
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea | kiwiberries | homemade no-knead bread
DINNER ---sauteed zucchini, eggplant and celery with sofrito sauce | simmered baby squid with Japanese leek | potato stew with caramelized onion and Spanish chorizo | wine

24h no-knead bread


first batch of the season

unusual fruit: kiwi berries from the market

squid

potato and Spanish chorizo stew

• a gorgeous day. first weekend for the season Fuji apple showed up at farmer's market, along with beautiful purple peppers and interesting kiwi berries, soft, sweet with kiwi texture.
• homemade no-knead bread started yesterday and baked in a pot today. it turned out well with impressive crust and holey interior with a bit moist.