Thanks 
Happy anniversary to you! You both make a lovely couple
Mrs. P is too special to only celebrate with one meal 
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Damn straight! I feel the same way about our relationship. And 25 years together ain’t nothing to sneeze at 
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Thank you! I took no photos! Glad you could join us 
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I apologize for not getting a shot of your eggplant & chickpea dish!
I have some leftover, I’ll have to see if it is photo worthy!
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Lemony shrimp and bean stew from the NYT. I wrote about it for the latest COTM. This is a great weeknight fall meal!
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A favorite at casa lingua, as well. Even though I’ve yet to make it as written — I’ve not used leeks, ever 
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Onion or shallot are perfectly cromulent. If you spend some time slowly melting a couple leeks to be the base flavor for the stew, I think it really kicks it up a notch. A teaspoon or two of finely chopped fresh rosemary too!
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It’s sure to make an appearance once temps cool down some more here 
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Some of my sisters delicious Rosh Hashanah brisket, with some oven roasted sweet potato and root vegetables
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Fish tacos using fish sticks that were cluttering up my freezer. Beans and rice, pickled shallots, cabbage slaw, etc. A small delicata squash roasted with taco seasoning
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White bean chicken chili, side of Fritos Scoops:
Apple crisp (using apples we picked upstate yesterday):
Note to anyone who uses Amazon for grocery delivery - don’t buy their house brand of canned beans. They taste fine, but the cans are half water!
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We’re all celebrated out, finally! 
Picked up a new loaf of sesame sourdough at Mighty Bread (they were already out of their basic sourdough, and the remaining choices were rosemary or three cheese — nope), booberries, walnuts, and the first decent-looking poms for future breakfasts 
Dinner was a simple affair: leftovers from last night’s meal plus baby Shanghai stir-fried with TPSTOGAG, oyster sauce, rice vinegar, soy sauce. Wasn’t as fab as my PIC’s, but still tasty.
Benediktiner Helles to go with.
Also, that crab curry & the mustard greens are so rich I have enough leftover for lunch tomorrow.
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I’ve noticed that too lately with canned beans. Might as well add them to the list. Half air/half potato chips etc.
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Leon Russell (songwriter) and Karen Carpenter (best known for her version of the song) were right.
Rainy Days and Mondays always bring me down. 
I kept (mostly) quiet during my day off, and preparing dinner helped. Wegmans had D’Artagnan magret duck breasts again when I was there on Saturday. I bought 2, even though I had a cryovac’d package of 2 Bell & Evans duck breasts in the downstairs freezer. D’Artagnan is my go-to.
Duck breast with a fig sauce (butter, minced shallots, chicken stock, fig preserves, dried thyme, s/p, and Aleppo pepper, all simmered together and reduced), mounted with butter at the end to smooth it out, with a halved brown turkey fig alongside.
Roasted CSA baby potatoes and CSA rainbow carrots, tossed with olive oil, s/p, and a garlic powder blend and roasted in the convection oven.
There WAS wine. Dessert will be more of the peach galette and ice cream.
And several cuddles during the day from Murphy, who believes it is his right to park his butt on my chest to receive scritch-scratches on his chinny-chin-chin when he demands it.
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My first brisket, a Coca Cola Brisket with star anise.
Served with mashed potatoes (home-grown), squash and some leftover root veg. Crème Caramel from a bakery for dessert.
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Happy birthday, fearless leader 
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Always in awe of all you folks on the gardening thread who regularly grow your own vegetables!
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