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12-24-2014 Wed. mild, rain.
BREAKFAST --- coffee with Bailey's | cheese and bread | scrambled eggs with Chinese sausage | apple | mandarin | grapefruit juice
LUNCH --- steamed shao-mai | various tofu snacks
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- roasted watermelon seeds | tea
DINNER --- Moroccan tagine, stew of Chilean sea bass, sea scallop, carrots, fennel, pearl potatoes, olives, and shallots in white wine, lemon juice, olive oil, with chermoula ( paste of lemon, dried pepper, cilantro, garlic, olive oil, cumin, pimenton, salt and pepper) | sauteed red pepper, leek and beech mushroom | seasoned quinoa | daikon and apple salad | olives and gigante bean salad | wine
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Christmas eve family dinner, very well received.
11-21-2014 Fri. cold, sunny.
BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- seasoned cracked wheat with vegetables
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- potato and seafood stew | French green lentils with vegetable ragu | wine
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cooked everyday without going shopping this week
12--20--2013 Fri. warm, clouds.
BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed vegetable buns
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- butternut squash and apple soup | cioppino seafood stew with sofrito sauce ( crab meat, squid, cod and lobster claw ) | sourdough bread | sauteed Japanese mustard greens | wine
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try cioppino, a Italian-American version of seafood stew
01-06-2011 Fri. mild, sunny.
BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with stewed wheat gluten and winter mushroom
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- ( at K. T. Bistro ) baked oysters with Gruyere cheese and sweet chili sauce | shrimp mushroom gnocchi | duck breast with orange, with vegetables and mashed potato | bouillabaisse: Corvina Fish, Shrimp, Scallops, Mussels, Clams, Boiled Potatoes, Leeks, Saffron Fumet, and Crostini rouille | wine | Crème Brulee | chocolate mousse | muscatel dessert wine
- only the duck breast was cooked just right, rest of the food were not in the school of fine cooking, old or new.
10-03-2010 Sun. cool, cloudy to rain.
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | baguette | brie | blue cheese | green grapes | yogurt drink | scallion pancake
LUNCH --- black corn chips with guacamole | stew of ptoato, scallops, pepperoni in red pepper sauce | white wine
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- tomato and corn soup
- heavy breakfast and lunch for the guests. dinner is a simple vegetable soup.
