potato, cod, and cabbage

5-28-2015 Thu. warm, rain.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with kung-pao chicken 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- cod and tomato stew with roasted red pepper | coleslaw | salad | wine

 

• eating like  in an old village of New England .   
• more flowers than ever on swamp magnolia

potato and beans

5-14-2015 Thu. warm, clouds. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with vegetables 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- potato and Spanish chorizo stew | par-boiled French string beans | rice | wine 

•   eats like European farmers

real simple

3-09-2015 Mon. mild, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with stuffed tofu puff 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple | tangerine 
DINNER --- potato and Spanish chorizo stew | scrambled eggs with Chinese flat-leaf chives | wine 

 

• there is some egg shortage around here.

twice-cooked

6-04-2014 Wed. mild, clouds.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pasta with clams and mushrooms
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- twice-cooked stew of potato, Spanish chorizo and pastrami| sauteed bitter melon and tomato | salad | wine 

 

•   the leftovers of potato and pastrami got a makeover in a stew with chorizo

three pots

11-15-2013 Fri. cool, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- cauliflower couscous
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER ---  stew of potato with chorizo and rosemary | chive flowers with smoked tofu | sauteed eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce | rice | wine 

 

• surprisingly hearty

a taste of golden autumn

9-16-2011 Fri. autumn cool, sunny.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed green beans
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- heirloom golden tomato and chayote salad | baby potato and chorizo stew | sauteed soft tofu and lightly pickled mustard greens with spicy roasted peanuts | wine

• temperature comes down significantly. last harvest of heirloom tomato has intense flavor. warm and hearty potato stew welcomes the arrival of the autumn