Thank you! Just funny to see it right after the ATK email- hadn’t really thought about an au poivre sauce in a while and then suddenly 2X - must be my cue to make it!
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The weather was pretty wild today: thunderstorms, lightning, heavy rains & occasional hail with strong wind gusts. Spring-y! We braved the downpour anyway to get to our favorite sushi place for lunch, and lucked out not getting caught in the worst of it 
Dinner was a shared GIGANTIC ortolana pizza with spicy salami from a place just a hop, skip, and a jump from our pad. The dinner is fairly randomly Italian, not specifically regional, although the wine selection (Grillo, Nero d’Avola) pointed to Sicilian.
Pizza was good — nice crust, flavorful sauce, just the right amount of cheese, a sprinkle of oregano, and a pleasantly spicy salami. My PIC would’ve loved to have tried the Vitello Tonnato, but look at the size of that pie!
We still ended up taking half of it home 
We’re spending a quick overnight in Hamburg tomorrow, where we’re meeting up with my sis and BIL for dinner at our favorite HH restaurant — but mostly to take our 96-yr old cousin to lunch on Friday. That woman will outlive us all!
It’ll be great to see her again after a whole year 
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Have a good visit with sis and BIL. But here’s what I want to know…what the heck are Linda potatoes and how do I get them? 
Pound of heath asparagus with Linda potatoes, brown butter or hollandaise sauce
Oh - it’s not a recipe, but a kind of potato. Well, I like taters, so I’m fine with that. 
Ohhhh, and someone :::cough, cough::: had better save room for this dessert!
Tiramisu with limoncello, salted lemon, pistachio crumble and white chocolate
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There are many heirloom varieties of potatoes and similar to heirloom tomatoes they often have a much more pronounced flavor - Linda potatoes have a very potatoey flavor (hard to explain as mixture of starchy, earthy and very subtle sweetness)
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Do you have a favorite you can recommend to look out for?
Used up the last of the tub of spring mix with some Caesar dressing and tater tot croutons. I used some of the dressing to marinate some arctic char before roasting it (set the oven to 450F. Tots took 20 minutes and the arctic char went in for the last 7). Really good!
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Homemade Filet O’ Fish, crispy battered fish, pickled jalapeno/mayo sauce/ 2X cheese on a toasted bun. Crispy fries with mayo for dunking on the side. OINK OINK
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There are often so many heirloom varieties for tomatoes, peaches etc etc on farmers market (and even shops and supermarkets) in the US but I have seen very little in terms of heirloom potatoes - so it’s really hard to suggest any
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Tonight’s dinner was a scallop salad with spring mix, edaname and yellow pepper. I overcooked the scallops since I’m out of practice.
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genius!!!
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Thank you!
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Nice dinner https://campermp.com/ in Menlo Park with some of their highlights like their burger or house made pasta. One of our neighborhood places when we decide spontaneously not cook and need a relax and good place for dinner
Herb-roasted olives
DiStefano burrata, toybox squash, basil, roasted garlic olivata, torn levain croutons
Roasted flowering cauliflower, mustards, golden raisins, honey-mustard dressing
American wagyu cheeseburger, gem
lettuce, pickled green tomatoes, secret sauce, french fries
Gold die mezze rigatoni, all-day-braised modenese ragu, sourdough bread crumbs, parmigiano
Roasted pescadero strawberries & rhubarb tart, whipped mascarpone, lemon thyme
Caramelized milk jam pudding, dulce de leche, whipped chantilly, candied pecans
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Leftovers of this Indian tonight for the adults. For the kiddo I made baked tortellini with a layer of repurposed Memorial Day burger crumbles.
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Leftover duck,
Sour cherry soup
I used Polish sour cherries from a jar, dried cherries, sherry, lemon zest, cinnamon, clove, allspice and sour cream in tonight’s sour cherry soup.
Potato salad
Roasted rhubarb
Canary beans
Brown sugar ginger parsnips
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Green (little gem, celery, avocado) and purple (onion, cabbage, pickled baby beets) salad, plus chicken, egg, blue cheese, ranch.
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Sesame chicken with rice and steamed broccoli. Halved the sugar and I’m glad I did! But it would have been cheaper, faster and easier to get it from a local place.
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Nice
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