FAMICHIKI!!! oh how i miss you…
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We used a brief sunny interlude today to run some errands & pick up dinner fixins before my dude had to be home for a call from the fine folks at Decoder Ring, a podcast we both adore & listen to on road trips all the time. It would be so cool if he were actually interviewed by the host for one of their future episodes! 
I did some research trying to figure out how to entertain our buddy this weekend, bc the forecast is not at all promising for any outdoor activities we’d considered, e.g. a pizza festival on Saturday, and the first Bite Club event of the summer on Sunday 
It’s where I had the first dosa of my life, and it was fantastic 
At least our restaurant dinner marathon is all set — which is also why we had another fairly frugal meal at home tonight: the half chicken we still had in the fridge from a couple of days ago plus an extra leg we picked up at the same place today,
a side order of very good kritharakia me feta from the home-style Greek joint,
and I threw together a quick & easy salad with the remaining head of the fancy lettuce, a mini cuke & a few tomatoes, tossed in a mix of 2 store-bought dressings I wanted to try.
Good enough for a Thursday.
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I have never seen this cheese in the cheese shops in the Italian Market here. I wonder if its just not imported?
That’s curious, because we actually first discovered it at DiBruno’s @The Italian Market 
We fell in love with its creamy, nutty flavor, and the price: it’s def cheaper than most cheese offerings at DiBruno’s 
HA! Probably why I never saw it - they don’t encourage the purchase of the less expensive cheeses! I will have to look for it.
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Whereas we specifically look for inexpensive cheeses that are also delicious 
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Late lunch AND late dinner was from the Northern Spy Restaurant in Canton, MA after the Titanic Exhibition I went to today before it ended on June 1st.
The site of the restaurant is at the center of the Paul Revere Heritage Site, and is the location where Paul Revere founded the Revere Copper Company in 1801. But before that, the Continental Congress commissioned him in 1776 to oversee the construction of a gunpowder mill at the site.
I’ve just had a day full of history today, haven’t I? 
A tuna melt on VERY thick cut Iggy’s sourdough with cheddar and an aioli, with some of the best fries I’ve ever had alongside. Couldn’t finish it, so the other half and rest of the fries are my late dinner as well!
My Titanic passenger survived (both my sister and I were given First Class “boarding passes”). Pics of a stockpot found on the sea floor, and pics of the First, Second, and Third Class menus aboard the Titanic. They had pretty good eats in 3rd Class.
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Leftover-palooza = chicken and biscuits.
Chicken stew with mushrooms, onion, stock, sour cream, lemon, and fresh herbs. Served with savory, cat-head buttermilk biscuits with tarragon and chives.
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A friend from college who worked as a tour guide sent me this book many years ago
No, I never tried any of the recipes. This was a read -it -only book. He used to send me little cookbooks from the airports in wherever in the world he was with a group., but I don’t think this was an airport volume.
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Very nice . Reminds me of when I had dinner years ago on the Queen Mary . Docked in long Beach , Ca . You could feel the history walking through it and looking at the decor . Great meal overlooking the Long Beach harbor.
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Asparagus soup. I cooked asparagus trimmings until they were mushy in chicken broth with leek, a little skinny carrot and Easter ham scraps. I removed the ham and pureed it in the blender. Added back the chopped ham and some sliced cooked asparagus. It was quite tasty.
And salad. Spinach, red onion, radishes, avocado, leftover chicken, honey mustard dressing.
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“Peas and rice” and Jerk shrimp made with Scotch Bonnet ‘Jean’! The plant seems to have survived another winter in Nor Cal.
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Zesty but perfectly so!
Gift link to NYT recipe
@ChristinaM ; “get well, get well soon, we want you to get well!” ( Elaine on Seinfeld).
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Some kind of sea bass, sold as inexpensive “wild fish pieces”, pankoed and shallow fried, succulent, with tots, tomato and olives with feta, lots of lemon.
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I enjoyed a sensational pre birthday dinner at That Dinner Club (an after hours pop up restaurant in an empanada shop). My actual birthday is Saturday the 24th. We enjoyed tuna crudo; 40 day dry aged filet mignon; mushroom yakitori; cappelletti soup dumplings; truffle cacio e pepe; steak and guanciale salad; lobster croissant; cucumber; mango lemon cheesecake; sourdough bread with nettle butter; It all went great with a couple of excellent cabernets. The menu is at the end with more complete details.
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Finally over the vaxx crud. My DH and I made SmittenKitchen’s chicken gyro salad (using breasts) with garden greens and crispy Green Goddess chickpeas.
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Yum! Happy birthday! Mine is next week.
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Last night the BF made a gorgeous little frittata because we had an abundance of cilantro & parsley that needed using. Sadly, he oversalted it. Bummer! So tonight he cut a part of it up into little chunks and put some in my salad - much easier to take in bits, and added protein to my dinner.
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yum! my kinda dinner!
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Thank you! Happy pre birthday to you as well!
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