What we made for lunch. 12.28.08

sorry, I didn't have a camera for yesterday's lunch - today, we had a tuna and cannellini salad (red onion, celery, parsley etc) along with a mixed green and endive salad. french country from Almondine

What we made for lunch. 12.23.08

a zucchini frittata with tomato and mixed green salads, baguette from almondine

What we made for lunch. 12.21.08

again from di Palo's: bresaola with a delicious cravanzina, delicate soft cow & sheep cheese from Piedmont, bedded in straw(!), beetroot and a boston lettuce salad with lemon dressing

What we made for lunch. 12.21.08

it's freezing, so we need some butternut squash soup (with chili powder and oil) followed by a very tasty rough Tuscan salami, sliced stayman apple, cornichons and a butter lettuce salad

What we made for lunch. 12.19.08


sometimes it doesn't need anything more than coming straight from di Palo's with pizza bianca, fresh mozzarella and prosciutto di san daniele, cerignola black and green olives

What we made for lunch. 12.18.08


roasted portabello mushroom and cipolline onions, green salad with balsamic dressing and shavings of pecorino (with a walnut rind), multigrain bread

What we made for lunch. 12.17.08

avocado and shrimp (little Euro style ones, so maybe prawns, tasty) with a dressing of mayo, white wine vinegar, celery etc.; multigrain bread

What we made for lunch. 12.16.08


what do we have here? it's whitefish once more, on whatever we have, toasted with cucumber, cornichon, parsley and black pepper. Excellent

What we made for lunch. 12.14.08


fusilli with pesto, mozzarella, sun-dried tomato. Simple but good (hot chili oil added)

What we made for lunch. 12.12.08


it's Friday again, so it's off to Acme in Greenpoint (this time taking Jane D'Arensbourg) to pick up some fish. So, it's the freshest smoked pastrami salmon with cream cheese and cucumber, on an assortment of pumpernickel, sesame multi-seed bagels

What we made for lunch. 12.10.08


a Sahadi's special - a great assortment of ready-mades: samosa, spanakopita, orzo salad with black beans, taboulie, baba ganoush with an onion nan

What we made for lunch. 12.09.08


hot smoked salmon with a lemon mayo dressing; a salad of cannelini, lettuce, red onion, toasted pumpkin seeds and french country bread from Almondine

What we made for lunch. 12.07.08


a nice green bean frittata with a mixed green salad

What we made for lunch. 12.06.08

a straightforward sandwich with good ingredients - prosciutto cotto, swiss ementhal and lettuce on an Almondine baguette. good chewing. Tomato soup in Elsbeth's mug from Amsterdam

What we made for lunch. 12.05.08



Hot smoked salmon (so good) with a mustard mayo dressing; edamame, mixed green salad with thinly sliced fennel; flax seed wholewheat bread

What we made for lunch. 12.04.08


Simple is best when you come straight from di Palo's with fresh mozzarella, prosciutto di Parma on warm pizza bianca. there's a bit of arugula and radicchio

What we made for lunch. 12.03.08


Emily wont eat meat or cheese, but she's OK with a bit of tuna - so we have Italian tuna in olive oil with a mixed green salad and edamame with carrot and cilantro; a new really good flaxseed bread from Wholefoods and yellow squash soup

What we made for lunch. 12.02.08


It's a two cheese lunch - the best caprino (the soft one) on toasted baguette; and aged pecorino with a watercress and cherry tomato salad with walnuts and a lemon mustard dressing.