Just saved the recipe. It looks wonderful. I’ll need to figure out where to get galangal and kaffir lime leaves though.
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The views were breathtakingly beautiful !!!
We had taken those with a 35mm …
There are more food fotos to show (shellfish) however, I shall post them tomorrow !
Thank you so much …
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I made an incredibly nostalgic meal: Wiener Schnitzel (actually pork), homemade buttered Spätzle, and arugula salad with pumpkinseed vinaigrette, cucumbers, and tomatoes.
Enjoyed with an unusual Italian white, Scuderie Pecorino.
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The simplest of simple dinners (other than opening a bag of Goldfish crackers): cream cheese scrambled eggy-weggies with chives, and toast. No wine, just watah. Wasn’t in the mood.
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Yay for you! We love Pecorino and it’s not an easy wine to find.
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Homemade Thai meal tonight - chicken curry made by a Thai friend of the family, turkey larb made by me. Summer rolls not pictured.
Green beans were horribly tough, and no one felt like cooking another vegetable.
I set my mouth on fire by using a whole red serrano that I grew (and froze) in the larb… luckily more sweet and sour fixed it. Also forgot to add the toasted rice powder (which I specially made last night) before the first round of servings…
Black shadow in the top left corner is an eager puppy who thought I was going outside to give him the plate 
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Tonight we took pause from everything going on to celebrate my grandma’s life at a restaurant she loved, a place ironically called Nonna’s Cucina. This was also our first time dining indoors since March. For an appetizer we shared the burrata with roasted red peppers, tomatoes, and prosciutto. For entrees, I had Veal Piccata, BF had pasta with sausage and broccoli rabe, and mom had shrimp over risotto. I had a martini of course, mom with wine, and BF a whiskey sour. Everything was excellent!
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Thin-cut tri tip tacos - marinated in zhoug for 24 hours (nope, not sick of it yet!) Salsa fresca and cotija on top, Mexi-rice on the side.
tomorrow night is our 18th anniversary and we’re going to friends’ beach house in Stinson Beach - we’ll have the place all to ourselves - with a grill and a hot tub! very excited.
So, for me, this is Happy Friday!
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Don’t get me wrong, I’m equally excited for you but I will also miss your annual (?) report of your epic Stinson Beach get-together with friends.
Congrats 
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You are amazing for remembering that! It was supposed to have happened two weeks ago and we’re all still mourning it. Yeah, the spread will not be nearly as epic for just the two of us this weekend. Here’s hoping to a more festive 2021, for all of us.
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What a fitting tribute to your grandmother. That looks like a wonderful meal.
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I am so sorry to hear of you Grandmother’s passing…If I could only have one more day in the kitchen with the handmade apron my Grandma made for me!!
Funny thing, your grandma passed, I put my mom in Hospice at 91 this past Monday…
I cannot eat and have been visiting the boy’s room at least 3 times a day…
I cannot visit mom because of Covid for the last 6 weeks…and have not seen her at all…I hope as I hope for your grandma they will be well and loved by and hereforth taken care of by G-D.
God Bless them…Baruch Ashem…
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So nice to see you herebut I am so sorry for your situation. It’s been very hard in my orbit as well @PHREDDY. Very frustrating. God bless.
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We had Emmentaler cheese fondue with baguette cubes, local Jonagold apple, veggie meatballs, hot dogs, broccolini, tater tots, and roasted cauliflower and baby zucchini. The kiddo had melted Velveeta and declared it “delicious”.
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That looks awesome @ChristinaM! Is the fondue in a crockpot? If so, how clever. Well, me thinks I’m way overdue for fondue!
Those are some creative dippers!
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Yep! We have a Mini. 
And no fondue pot.
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I had some Trader Joes’ figs to use up, and was in a pizza-ing mood this morning, so dinner.
Fig butter/confiture, sliced figs, prosciutto, caramelized onions, goat cheese, topped with arugula after cooking in the oven.
A bit sweet overall for a full meal (smaller pieces would be good for an appeateaser) but it was still very good.
Oh, there WAS wine!
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So very sorry for your loss. Your grandma sounds like a wonderful woman who filled the lives of those around her with much love and deliciousness. From all I’ve seen here, you carry on those traditions in a way she’d surely be proud of. This is such a terribly difficult time. Hope you are able to lean on those around you and find comfort in each other and the things you love.
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