Beer and dark rye bread

12-17-2011 Sat. cold, cloudy.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | pancake | homemade orange bread | orange juice AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- ( a vegetarian German dinner for Oreste and Francesca ) pretzel and mustard cream dip | nuts and cheese | Local #1 Brooklyn | carrot and leek soup | homemade German dark rye bread | Schneider Weisse | sweet and sour red cabbage | German potato pancakes | Beer brat ( vegetarian German style sausage ) | Speakeasy ( IPA ) | cheese plate: Bavarian blu, Gouda, Norwegian goat cheese | apflestrudel ( apple strudel ) | Black Chocolate Stout | Grappa

• a belated Oktoberfest of hearty German food and an array of beer.
  

Happy Hour beer

7-13-2010 Tue. warm, rain

BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with stewed vegetables ( leftovers)
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea | plums
HAPPY HOUR --- beer
DINNER --- salad of cherry tomatoes, lettuce, radish and arugula | pasta with sofrito sauce, smoked mussels and radish sprouts | boiled pea leaves with ponzu sauce | red wine

• met Ed in a local brewery before dinner and tried a couple of new summer beer.