homey food not at home

4-27-2011 Thu.  


 DINNER --- eggs and tomato | sauteed Swiss chard | chorizo and potato | wine

• go simple  

stew in a chilly rainy day

4-28-2016 Thu. chilly, rain. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- Ji-cai wonton 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---tea
DINNER --- stew of potato, shallots  and Spanish chorizo | sauteed mustard greens | wine

•  the weather is like back to end of the winter, stewed food thus is back too. 

smoked Pimenton

4-01-2015 Wed. mild, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice and cabbage 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER ---  potato and chorizo stew | steamed Brussels sprouts | sauteed baby spinach | wine 

 

• roasted red pepper and pimenton made a nice sauce for potato stew

night of stars and fireflies

6-24-2014 Tue. warm, thin clouds.  


 BREAKFAST --- coffee
 LUNCH --- rice and sauteed squid 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- new potato and Spanish chorizo | simmered baby spinach and tomato | salad | wine 

 

• nice time to sit in the garden with beer or tea and watch fireflies and stars blinking in the summer night sky

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

chorizo and potato stew

1-16-2014 Thu. cold, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- napa cabbage soup with poached egg | stir-fried bitter melon and carrots | pan-fried Brussels sprouts | potato stew with Spanish chorizo | wine

 

• winter comfort food

chorizo and potato stew

11-25-2013 Mon. cold, cloudy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- leftovers 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- potato and Spanish chorizo stew | sauteed eggplant | Brussels sprouts | wine

 

• winding down

two pots, two cuisine

10-30-2013 Wed. mild, sunny.  


 BREAKFAST --- coffee
 LUNCH --- steamed dumplings 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tangerine 
DINNER --- stew pot of potato and Spanish chorizo with pimenton and tomato sauce | simmered  eggplant with Sichuan sytle meat sauce | rice | wine 

 

• competing  or complementary?

rainbow of late summer vegetables

9-12-2013 Thu. warm, rain. rainbow


 BREAKFAST --- coffee
 LUNCH --- pasta with romesco sauce
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple 
 DINNER --- sauteed leek, zucchini, orka and tomato | sauteed fresh sweet corn with onion and jalapeno | stew of potatoes with chorizo and pimenton sauce | salad | wine

 

• farmer's market saves the day

Spanish chorizo and potato stew

10-16-2012 Tue. cool, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with sauteed napa cabbage and shrimp 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- stir-fried red pepper, smoked tofu and celery | pan-fried Brussels sprouts | stew of Spanish chorizo and potatoes | wine 

 

• stew is intensely flavored and colored by Spanish pimenton in chorizo.

Spanish Chorizo

9-25-2012 Tue. cool, sunny.  



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- grapes 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- potato and Spanish chorizo stew | sauteed bitter melon with fermented black beans | fennel and radish salad | wine 

 

• a good pair

hot Chorizo, cool Pesto

8-14-2012 Tue. warm, some rain.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with green beans 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- cherries
DINNER --- pasta with pesto sauce, black olives and lightly pickled cucumber | parboiled baby spinach | new potatoes with Spanish chorizo | steamed eggplant | fennel and cherry tomato salad | wine 

 

• chorizo potato and pesto pasta sets a nice contrast in color and in flavor

It is Friday!

02-10-2011 Fri. chilly, rain.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with kung-pao chicken
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tangerine | tea
DINNER --- Shanghai salsa | sauteed green beans with black bean sauce | Spanish chorizo and baby potato stew | wine

• a busy evening, but did not skip cooking a nice dinner
  

hearty and delicous

01-05-2011 Thu. cold, sunny.



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tangerine
DINNER --- chorizo and potato stew with smoked Spanish pimenton | stir-fried sweet & sour lotus root and celery | tomato soup with shittake and napa cabbage | wine

• a simple good meal for a cold winter evening.
  

Chorizo and smoked tofu

12-14-2011 Wed. cold, cloudy.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- steamed dumplings
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- Spanish chorizo and potato stew | stir-fried cabbage with chili and fermented fava bean sauce | Shanghai smoked tofu salad with cilantro and roasted peanuts | wine

• now it's Spanish turn to join with Shanghai food.
  

all about beans, white, green and black

10-12-2011 Wed. cool, rain.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with curried cauliflowers
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- pear
DINNER --- cassoulet of giant white beans and Spanish chorizo with duck fat and vegetable stock | sauteed green beans with fermented black bean sauce | vegetable and mushroom soup | wine

cassoulet

all about beans

vegetable soup

• the white beans for cassoulet were cooked for hours before going to oven.