Green Curry Noodle Soup with Braised Pork • Thai Vegetable Slaw • Levain Rolls • Pineapple Upside-Down Cake We started out with “one day at a time,” then after a while it was “one week at a time.” This new idea of pep-talking ourselves “one month at a time” through the rest of this shelter-in-place feels pretty awful. There are so many silver linings to … Continue reading Tuesday Dinner: Green Curry Noodle Soup with Braised Pork

Black Bean Tortilla Soup • Green Leaf Lettuce with Radishes, Red Cabbage, and Creamy Green Dressing • Levain Rolls • Tropical Dos Leches Cake What a better week I’ve had! If anyone needs a shot of positive energy and optimism, this is the time to talk to me. I’m not in fear of immediate infection and death, I’m feeling super happy with our California government … Continue reading Tuesday Dinner: Black Bean Tortilla

Avgolemono (Greek Chicken & Rice Soup with Lemon & Dill) • Mixed Greens with Olives, Onions, and Lemon-Mint Dressing) • Levain Rolls • Chocolate-Almond Meringues We’re all still here. Good job, us. More and more folks are wearing a mask to the grocery store, to the farmer’s market, at the gas station, and generally people are getting better at understanding what “six feet away” means. … Continue reading Tuesday Dinner: Avgolemono

Herbed Cream of Tomato • Romaine with Celery, Radishes, and Celery-Mustard Dressing • Levain Rolls • Peanut Butter Cookies I understand from books and television that many folks have a nostalgic, comforting connection to cream of tomato soup. I don’t. Andy Warhol aside, I don’t find canned tomato soup to be iconically wonderful, I just think it tastes like sugar water. (Not that I’m anti-Campbell’s; … Continue reading Tuesday Dinner: Herbed Cream of Tomato