squash blossoms and a farm to table fantasy

8-23-2015 Sun, hot, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | watermelon
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---( at coffee shop in Shepherdstown ) cold brewed coffee
DINNER --- pan-fried stuffed squash blossom ( goat cheese, herbs and shallots) |steamed Chinese eggplant with garlic and rice vinegar sauce|  pan-fried butterfly-cut prawns | quinoa with parsley and shallots | fennel salad | wine 

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• window-shopping for a land of farm to table fantasy.
•  Hypnocoffee Roastery in Shepherstown is gone, a new coffee house took the place
• squash blossom from farmer's market.

greens and blossoms

6-28-2012 Thu. hot, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- gazpacho 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- nectarine 
DINNER --- pan-fried zucchini blossoms stuffed with pesto and roasted red pepper |  sauteed green beans with black bean sauce | sauteed zucchini with shittake mushroom | stir-fried chive flowers with smoked tofu | rice | fennel and lettuce salad | wine 

• finally an all vegetable dinner of the week.

precious blossoms

6-15-2012 Fri. mild, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with pan-fried pork chop
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---plum
DINNER --- pasta with homemade tomato sauce | sauteed spinach | fennel and lettuce salad | wine || pan-fried zucchini blossom stuffed with ricotta cheese and roasted red pepper | Thai-style hot & sour soup with shittake, sole fillet, and greens 

•    zucchini blossoms from garden. tender sole fillet goes well in the hot&sour broth.