This is one reason why I pay cash. (But mostly because it’s easier for me to budget my money.) I also refuse to order delivery using Door Dash, Skip etc. since they charge the restaurants a commission. I will either order from a restaurant with their own driver or I will walk to the restaurant to pick up my dinner. I will do anything to make sure 100% of my money goes to the restaurant.
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Nibbles featuring chicken liver parfait with cider gelée from the posh butcher, goat Gouda and accoutrements. A perfect end to a decidedly lazy weekend.
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Had some small sirloin steaks that were too tough to eat as steaks, so cut them into cubes and made beef/lentil/vegetable soup in my new baby IP.
I think Im going to be happy with the IP…makes enough for a couple of days and a frozen quart for later.
Still in the 80s and I worked outside all day, but still nice to have dinner sorted when Im ready for a break.
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The now 'year round tourist ‘visitors’ drive our eaterie businesses, pricing out the residents. This does not count those with ‘second homes’ that count themselves as ‘residents’ now.
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Did you really eat the whole meal with chopsticks?
My friend and I hosted the final potluck for my local cooking group this year.
It was a smaller affair than previous dates, and the food was fairly uninteresting — save for two fabulous Black Forest cakes and a chocolate cake with cherries the 80+ yr old mom of one of our favorite bartenders baked.
My contribution, the NYT cheesy tomato white bean bake
however, was pretty much destroyed,
and several peeps asked for the recipe.
*NTY gift links are wonky for me today 
I’d added crushed rosemary and thyme we dried ourselves to the olive oil before adding twice as much garlic and twice as much tomato paste asked for, even after doubling the recipe. I also used TJ’s quattro formaggio for most of the cheese, and just a little mozzarella. If I were to make this for casa lingua, I’d be inclined to add pancetta, or 'nduja, or hot Italian sausage to give the dish more heat/flavor/oomph. As it is, it’s pretty basic, but easy to improve / riff on.
A new member brought nice fried rice & soba noodles in sesame sauce,
there was a farro salad with and w/out onion (my cohost can’t abide them),
and an angel hair pasta with clam sauce that would’ve been So Much Better with a proper pasta like spaghetti or linguine or tagliatelle or fettuccine… really — anything but that flimsy BS excuse for pasta 
At least the clam sauce was nice n garlicky 
There was also a pan of scalloped potatoes with apples (!). The potatoes were half-raw, so I didn’t get seconds.
We got home before 8pm, and I’m totes ok with that 
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Home again, home again, jiggity jig. End of road-trip was Friday at 1:30. Took time to rectify some things and some time to veg and eat Jack in the Box. Today back on the straight and narrow as promised. Dr appointment Dec 3. Let’s do this!!
Turkey burger, Swiss cheese, over easy egg, Beaver Honey Mustard on a toasted brioche bun.
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I spent the afternoon at a craft fair for the first time since before the pandemic. There were a lot of jewelry and skin care vendors there. I found a few food stalls and managed to score some local chèvre, honey, shortbread cookies and toffee. After spending the better part of the afternoon sampling products, I had a scallop salad.
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The stir fry I did, the dregs of the slaw needed a fork.
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Rana Lobster ravioli with lemon butter sauce and dill. Caesar salad, homemade croutons and dressing. Didn’t taste any lobster but the lemon butter sauce was very nice.
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Petite filet mignon (Manager’s Special – half off). Potato, leek, and gruyere gratin. What is most likely the last of the garden zucchini, roasted. More of that delicious casino butter.
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Nadan Khozi - Kerala-Style Chicken Curry based on a Milk Street recipe - boldly flavored curry with chicken thighs marinated in a mix of coriander, garam masala, turmeric and sirarakhong chili and afterwards cooked with red onions, serrano chili, garlic and ginger in chicken broth and coconut milk. Later you add potatoes and cherry tomatoes and finish with some cilantro and lime juice. Served over rice
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Park and Orchard was way ahead of it’s time with a focus on vegetarian and fish dishes. We started going there in the late 80’s when we lived in West Orange. Their Crawfish Etouffee was very creamy which is why Drew’s Crawfish Monica caught my eye.
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back to life, back to reality
Rice, dal, shredded rotisserie chicken, eaten while fielding phone calls at my desk - 11 hours down, another 21 hours to go.
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I have to say that is some very good lookin’ roti chickin’!
Bet it’s nice to be home, and hope you can get some rest soon!
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Thanks @linguafood 
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Tonight I made Can’t Believe It’s Not Chicken crispy tofu and hoisin-glazed portobellos, bok choy, [and edamame] over rice vermicelli (from Sheet Pan Suppers Meatless). Side of cucumber and tomato salad with the last of the Kewpie sesame dressing. I tore rather than shredded the tofu and liked it that way.
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I had a cauliflower curry tonight to finish up the last of the purple cauliflower I got in my CSA recently. There were green beans and red pepper in the curry as well. I hope to get more purple cauliflowers in my CSA next year since it’s nice having a little more colour in my meals.
I made enough for two servings so I can have the other after my watercolour class tomorrow night. But we are having a pizza lunch at work tomorrow that I wasn’t going to participate in but maybe I will so I don’t have to make lunch.
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Meatless Dan Dan Noodles, using dried and fresh shiitakes in place of ground beef, adapted from Fuchsia Dunlop:
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A blindingly bright & crisp fall day in HV, with colorful leaves dancing in the breeze everywhere. I love fall so much 
After a strenuous leg day at the gym & meeting with a surgeon for my shoulder I spent a goodly time watching our krazy kats tear down the house — not literally, of course, but the breezy weather seemed to bring out the zoomies and wrassling vibes hardt! 
As for dinner, we both wanted something on the lighter side, after what felt like an overly indulgent weekend & in preparation for a short trip to Philly that will be almost 75% focused on dining and food-shopping…. ok, fine — probz more like 95% for me 
I unearthed a couple of frozen rockfish filets, and had asked the purfeshnels here for advice on how to best prepare them. @MsBean came through with this recipe, for which I had all the ingredients in the house & made just a few tweaks: I used a chopped up bird pepper instead of the adorable suggestion for RPF, doubled the ginger & garlic (duh) and switched in some Red Boot sauce for the salt, bc duh. I also added a sliced up head of napa cabbage leftover from our hot pot meal Saturday just before switching from bake to broil, and my dude made jasmine rice to go with.
It was a bit blander than I’d expected, with the turmeric pretty much undetectable, save for the golden color it lent the dish, and it was lacking salt and complexity. The bird pepper also lost its heat during the cooking process 
That said, it all came together rather easily and nicely — perfect for a Monday night.
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