Curry halibut and whole lemon pie

4-07--13-2025

DINNERS ---  (at Drew's) curry halibut | coleslaw | Indian seasoned rice | lemon pie with ice cream || ( at home )  ji-cai wonton noodle soup | Chinese taco bun with twice-cooked pork, caramelized onion and cilantro | fried tofu puff and mung bean noodle soup | scrambled eggs with yellow chive | udon noodles with Japanese style pan fried pork chop | sauteed cauliflowers with Mexican spices 

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new plants 

sansho Japanese peppercorn 

hua-jiao Sichuan peppercorn 

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Japanese Jazz composer's concert 

potluck for a lovely rose day party

2-14-2020 Fri. 


 DINNER --- ( at C. group gathering, potluck party at Drew's )  seasoned rice with sofrito sauce, shiitake, gingko seeds, snap peas | fireplace-grilled  Korean short ribs with  homemade marinade || pickled radish, peanuts | fried and twice-cooked pork belly with red cabbage | mong bean noodle salad | green salad | cranberry cupcake | wine 

the floating flower stand from Japan 

for the way-too-early hazelnut bud 

roses everywhere this day 

• V. Day party 

Chicken Pastilla

1-31-2020 Fri. 


DINNER --- ( group dinner hosted by lara )   crackers | beet and nut spread  |  creamy spinach dip | dates | wine ||  salad | Chicken Pastilla  |  fried and baked cauliflowers | dessert | tea 

• Lara's Moroccan chicken pie,  long hour preparation and many ingredients within 

go Indian at this meeting

 4-05-2019 Fri. 


DINNER --- ( at G. D. Drew's) Indian cuisine: chickpea daal | cucumber with dill yogurt | baked halibut with tomato sauce | rice | panna cotta  | wine 

• light suitable with a daffodil filled garden 
• at the home front, go Korean: 

middle eastern cuisine

3-1-2019 Fri. 


DINNER --- ( C. G. Lara's ) middle eastern cuisine : manoushe and black bean chipotle dip | moussaka | cauliflower with tahini sauce |  baklava with cardamom ice cream

Dali snow cover 

• Lara's  Turkey-trip-inspired  cooking 
• March comes in as a lion 

herrings pickled Russian way

1-19-2018 Fri. 


 DINNER --- ( at C.G. dinner Lara's)  herring and caviar snacks | borscht beef beet soup with sour cream and black bread | herring under fur coat ( egg salad with herring, beet,potato, mayonnaise) | gnocchi with beef in mushroom sauce | ice cream and apple walnuts | coffee | candies 

• Some Soviet legends there 
• herrings are particularly good, very different from other northern pickled herring, not salty, no vinegar either, almost like lox. 
• one of the Moscow candy wrap design has Bolshoi theater and ballet scene. 

Hominy and totamillio

5-12-2017 Fri.  


 DINNER --- ( at Marilu's ) Mexican theme: wine | fruit chips | ceviche shrimp || tortilla soup with chicken and hominy | baked white fish with tomatillo sauce | sauteed greens | corn tortilla || ice cream with fruit candy and orange