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)