staples

11-30-2016 Wed. 


  DINNER --- simmered eggplant with fermented fava bean sauce | stir-fried chive flowers with smoked tofu curd and roasted red pepper | rice | wine 

•  very much the default

separated menu for Tuesday

11-29-2016 Tue.  

  
 DINNER --- vegetable and tofu puff soup | pan-fried pork chop 

 

•  Tuesdays dinner with separate menu for music or ballet

seasonal friends

11-28-2016 Mon.  



 DINNER --- sauteed Chinese long beans | pan-fried louts root | rice | wine

 

• busy week starts

steamed short ribs with crushed rice

11-27-2016 Sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | grapefruit | fruit salad 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  sweet sour lotus root | steamed and pan-fried Brussels sprouts with lemon juice | steamed short ribs with seasoned and crushed rice, carrots | rice | wine 

•  a classic of Shanghai food 

Thai-style hot-sour stew

11-26-2016 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese |  grapefruit | fruit salad   
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
PRE-THEATER-DINNER ---  Thai style seafood stew: squid, dried shrimp, potato, okra, roasted red pepper, Thai basil, lemon leaves, chili and cilantro | bread | sauteed mustard green with Thai chili

 

•  good for a chilly day 
• Arthur Miller's  " a View from the Bridge "

united states of food

11-25-2016 Fri.  



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade  Swedish Limpa bread  | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- steamed crabs with ginger dipping sauce
DINNER --- parboiled celtuce with ginger garlic sauce | sauteed mustard green | baked bronzino whole fish with ginger and scallion | rice | wine  || chocolate cake | baileys and coffee

•  food from all sources and different regions

quabili pilau, no Turkey

11-24-2016 Thu.  



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange dates bread | fruit salad  AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | roasted watermelon seeds
DINNER ---  steamed eggplant with garlic and chili sauce | curry cauliflowers | quabili pilau: Afghan baked rice with lamb shank, carrots and resins | wine 

 

• no fuss and terrific 

a bit of Yin and Yang

11-23-2016 Wed.  



  DINNER ---  pan-fried lotus root | tong-hao porridge with crushed peanuts | rice | wine

• simply the best combination

vegetable soup

11-22-2016 Tue.  


  DINNER --- vegetable soup 

 

• ballet and soup day 

onion soup, Chinese twist

11-21-2016 Mon.  chilly, windy


DINNER ---  onion soup with tofu puff and greens | steamed dumplings | wine 

•  turning rather cold now.
• a small ginkgo tree is planted int he garden today. 

cook fresh

11-20-2016 Sun.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | orange bread | scrambled eggs with Cantonese sausage | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  vegetable soup | simmered Chinese long beans | curry cauliflower | rice | wine

 

•  good vegetables

orange, three ways

11-19-2016 Sat.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade orange bread | orange juice | orange and banana salad 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
 DINNER --- tofu puff and vegetable soup | sauteed bitter melon | French green lentils  | baked brozino | wine 

•  seasonal, orange bread  

german dumplings

11-18-2011 Fri.  sunny,  warm


 DINNER --- (  at Susann's)   beet salad | chicken in tomato sauce | Brussels sprouts | asparagus | German dumplings | fruit and cream | wine

•  plenty food and plenty talking 
• German dumplings have the sticky-rice texture 
•  

soup for dancers

11-17-2016 Thu.  



  DINNER --- egg drop soup with spinach, wood-ear, tomato and pickles 

•  soup and ballet 

stir-fry

11-16-2016 Wed

. 


 DINNER --- stir-fried noodles with tong-hao leaves and Cantonese sausage | wine 

 

 

wonton soup

11-15-2016 Tue.  


 DINNER --- ji-cai soup wonton | sauteed mustard green 

•  soup diet for tuesday

delicata squash

11-14-2016 Mon.  


DINNER ---  tong-hao porridge with crushed peanuts | roasted delicata squash | curry cauliflower | rice | wine

•  all vegetables 

roasted red peppers go long ways

11-13-2016 Sun.  chilly



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  tea
DINNER --- pasta with roasted red pepper sauce and smoked mussels  | sauteed mustard green and shiitake | wine

•  conclude the weekend 

promfret fish

11-12-2016 Sat. 


 WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- sauteed Chinese long beans | sweet and sour lotus root | tomato and cabbage  soup | pan-fried promfret fish with re pepper sauce and Thai basil | rice | wine 

 

• continue cooking 

homey and fancy together

11-11-2016 Fri. 


DINNER ---  ( for O&F, M.M.) cava | baked Japanese sweet potato fries | pan-fried gyoza || sake | Ji-cai wonton soup | steamed Chinese eggplant with sauce of minced garlic,rice vinegar, sesame oil and pickled Thai chili, Thai basil | pan-fried stuffed lotus root | sauteed snap peas | simmered kao-fu pot: kao-fu, tofu skin rolls, shittake mushroom, day lily buds, wood ear, roasted red pepper, star anise, fresh ginger, and nagaimo yam | rice || scotch whisky | French pastry | rambutan fruit

•  a good combination