Good Eats: April 2011

Here's what we ate in April, in and around home.

steamed crab

bean sprouts and chives

chicken breast, roasted beets, boiled carrots and broccoli

fried whole shrimp

sauteed napa cabbage

poached salmon, chard, steamed rice

bean thread noodle soup with roast duck and fried onions

green vegetables

clam chowder in a bread @Splash Cafe (Pismo Beach)


tri-tip sandwich @Brad's (Pismo Beach)

sheng jian bao and (giant bowl of) beef noodle soup (Arcadia)

(giant bowl of) wonton noodle soup

Mom's stewed trotters and carrots

homemade loco moco

wedge salad w/ grape tomatoes and vinaigrette

tsukune @Kokko (San Mateo)

cuban sandwich @Madera (Palo Alto)

Madera desserts

beef w/ mushrooms and Asian noodle soup

mushroom scramble on whole wheat English muffin

simple salsa

spaghetti carbonara

green peas

Hawaiian cookies from the Nelsons!

malt-o-meal, grapefruit, English muffin egg sandwich

Thai chicken curry over rice (from Mark's lunch)

I learned how to clean and fry artichokes!

Italian sausage lasagna

boiled artichoke salad

chicken curry

baguette sandwich (La Baguette) and Farmhouse salad (Sprouts)

fried rice

chile verde (for tacos)

Good Eats March 2011

It's been too long since I've posted Good Eats, pictures of the good food we eat everyday at and near home. I started posting these albums directly on Facebook, but I'm going to try posting them as blog entries for a while. Maybe I can say more about the food ... if I can still remember at this point!

Here's what we ate in March 2011:

We started the month with my attempt at Delfina's simple spaghetti with tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and peperoncini. It turned out delicious, and very close to the real thing, except for my addition of parmesan cheese on top.

Spaghetti Delfina

With a little green on the side.

I love my American comfort food.

steak with peas and carrots

grilled cheese & bologna grilled cheese

tomato soup

Weekend lunch @La Baguette (still the best baguette sandwiches outside of France):

baguette sandwiches & an apple tart

Dinner @Commis in Oakland:

edible stones amuse

egg yolk amuse with sweet (onion?) cream

asparagus soup with crisp artichokes

grilled scallops with sunchoke, alliums with anchovy and miner's lettuce

petrale sole confit with cauliflower, corn vinaigrette and lemongrass

slow cooked lamb with caramelized potato, radish and black chanterelles

duck, roasted and "corned," pear smoked in its skin, tender spring roots

beautiful palate cleanser

chocolate gianduja, green apple, hazelnut, absinthe ice cream

panna cotta scented with winter citrus, pomegranate, coriander shortbread

Back to home cooking:

Our own "Chinese" chicken w/ chicken broth

our interpretation of shaking beef

with sugar snap peas and beech mushrooms

cheddar and broccoli soup with buttered baguette

homemade chicken Caesar salad with anchovies and baguette crostini

That's it for March!