On vacation: August 24-31, 2011

On vacation: August 24-31, 2011 in London, England

Pure-cut chicken with ginger-scallion sauce

Pure-cut chicken with ginger-scallion sauce
Sauteed gailan with oyster-soy sauce
Rice

Pizzas...

Pizzas...
with pepperoni and turkey sausage or black olives
Spelt crust pizza with fennel, prosciutto, and apple
Salad

Made by... Norbert (regular pizzas)

New: spelt crust pizza with fennel, prosciutto, and apple (by Maria Speck on epicurious.com, July 2011)

Regular: pizzas

Senate bean soup

Senate bean soup
Sauteed collard greens with bacon
Olive oil-garlic crostini

Dinner @ Drake's Beach

Dinner @ Drake's Beach
with the Kanazawas

Barbecued chicken
Cherry tomatoes
Grapes
Caramelized zucchini with mint

New: caramelized zucchini with mint (Gourmet, August 1993)

Spaghetti with tonnato sauce with arugula

Spaghetti with tonnato sauce with arugula

New: spaghetti with tonnato sauce with arugula (Gourmet, August 2009)

Lamb shanks braised with garlic, fresh rosemary, and white wine

Lamb shanks braised with garlic, fresh rosemary, and white wine
Braised garden-raised turnips with bread crumbs
Rice

New: braised turnips with bread crumbs (adapted from braised turnips with poppy-seed bread crumbs in Gourmet, February 2008)

Turkey hamburgers

Turkey hamburgers
Salad with garden-grown radishes, carrots, and sugar snaps

Regular: hamburgers

Slow-baked salmon with lemon and thyme

Slow-baked salmon with lemon and thyme
Sauteed French beans with onions
Mashed potatoes with truffle oil

New: slow-baked salmon with lemon and thyme (Bon Apetit, May 2011, on epicurious.com)

Pasta with three peas

Pasta with three peas

Vietnamese sticky chicken with daikon and carrot pickle

Vietnamese sticky chicken with daikon and carrot pickle
Sauteed spinach with garlic
Rice

Made by... Norbert and me (chicken)

Dinner @ the Ozawa-Soms

Dinner @ the Ozawa-Soms

Nectarine and mascarpone tart in a brown-sugar crust

New: nectarine and mascarpone tart in a brown sugar crust (filling from nectarine and mascarpone tart in gingersnap crust, in Bon Apetit, July 2002, on epicurious.com; crust from nectarine lime curd tart with a brown-sugar crust, in Gourmet, June 1998)

Chicken with prunes, Rif-style

Chicken with prunes, Rif-style
Grilled eggplant salad
Baby carrots
Rice

New: grilled eggplant salad (by Melissa Clark, "Cooking Eggplant, Counting Her Favorite Ways,
in The New York Times, August 10, 2011)

Stir-fried pork and Napa cabbage

Stir-fried pork and Napa cabbage
Rice

Made by... Norbert

Pan-fried tilapia fillets dusted with corn meal

Pan-fried tilapia fillets dusted with corn meal
Wheat berry and barley salad with smoked mozzarella
Garden-grown salad of green and purple lettuces, radishes, and sugar snap peas

New: wheat berry and barley salad with smoked mozzarella (from Gourmet, July 1994, on epicurious.com)

Turkey taco dinner

Turkey taco dinner
Salad

Regular: tacos

Black bean soup with tomato salsa

Black bean soup with tomato salsa
Salad
Rice

Take out...

Take out...
from Cafe Raj (Albany, CA)

Whole wheat pasta with caramelized onion, Swiss chard, and garlicky bread crumbs

Whole wheat pasta with caramelized onion, Swiss chard, and garlicky bread crumbs
Roasted chicken

Made by... Norbert and me (pasta and chicken)

(Almost) My mother's beef curry

(Almost) My mother's beef curry
Stir-fried long beans with garlic
Rice

Turkey, cannellini, and whole wheat rotini soup

Turkey, cannellini, and whole wheat rotini soup
Sauteed broccoli

Swordfish in spicy tomato sauce

Swordfish in spicy tomato sauce
Roasted zucchini
Solange's twice-fried plantain chips
Oven-fried yam fries

Shichimi spiced duck breast

Shichimi spiced duck breast
Spinach salad
Fried rice

White beans, sage, and bacon soup

White beans, sage, and bacon soup
Sauteed Swiss chard with lemon and pine nuts