BREAKFAST --- coffee LUNCH ---rice with chive flowers AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---apple DINNER --- butternut squash and apple soup | stuffed tofu puff with minced chicken and onion in tomato broth | rice | wine
golden squash and golden leaves, kids running around for terrible dandies \Hilary Mantel fantasizes assassinating the iron lady\ some zombie is created by her family recipe with blowfish powder
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | raspberries | grape fruit | apple AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea DINNER --- broiled Icelandic lamb chop | pasta with greens onion and manila clams | sauteed mustard greens |wine || cognac with French sweets
a tree farm
very good lamb chop from Iceland. Cognac glasses and sweets from France.
a beautiful day for a country road spin, and two beautiful trees will come home.
BREAKFAST --- coffee LUNCH --- Shanghai ji-cai wonton soup AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple DINNER --- French green lentil with vegetables | par-boiled bok choy | duck confit | wine
carried on whole week with whatever is available in the fridge and in the pantry
BREAKFAST --- coffee LUNCH --- green rice and cauliflowers AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple DINNER --- low-temperature roasted beef steak | sauteed green beans with chili sauce | pan-fried potatoes | wine
frozen beef steak is seared in cast-iron pan and roasted in oven with lowest temperature possible.
WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee LUNCH --- ( at Huertas , East Village NY) poached eggs with potato threads in citrus sauce | scrambled eggs with shrimp and other stuff | Spanish omelet and salad | bacon and sausage | charred shishito | fried sweet bread with chocolate dip | tea BEFORE-CONCERT-DINNER --- ( at M.M.'s) Yang-zhou style rice noodle soup