what we made for lunch 10.27.09

soup and a sandwich always works - today's soup is tomato with cream cheese and the sandwich is ham and blue cheese with roast veg that included parsnip, yellow beetroot, carrot and onion

what we made for lunch 10.24.09

according to Rick who was in today, this sandwich was 'amazing!' It's really a ham&cheese deluxe - prosciutto cotto, a nice cheddar, tomato with colemans english on the bottom, Gary's chutney and arugula. well, it was good

what we made for lunch 10.21.09

OK, sometimes when we're on our own, we break open a can of mackerel from rome - this time with a really good spicy hot watercress and a salad of cannellini and fennel - so good

what we made for lunch 10.20.09

roasted portabello, red pepper and thick onion slices with creamy goat cheese on a nice toast and a salad of arugula and endive with mustard dressing

what we made for lunch 10.17.09

frittata with white asparagus and parmisan cheese, arugula salad and a baguette

what we made for lunch 10.16.09

Anna's homemade yellow squash and potato soup with paprika, chili oil and parmisan along with a side of gruyere, ham and chutney

what we made for lunch 10.15.09

penne with pesto, sun-dried tomato, roasted red pepper, black olive, hot chili oil and some arugula. That's Shane's homemade bread - and it's all tasty

what we made for lunch 10.14.09

white asparagus that tastes so good, with prosciutto cotto, hard boiled egg, watercress salad and a lemon vinaigrette

what we made for lunch 10.13.09

the first soup of the season - tomato with olive oil, parmisan and black pepper along with a nice cheddar and english mustard on a baguette. Hard to see on the black plate - Gary's homemade chutney and a hot chili jelly

What we made for lunch 10.10.09


a really good one today - creamy gorgonzola dolce with pear, walnut stuffed dried figs, walnuts, bresaola with a watercress salad and multigrain bread

What we made for lunch 10.09.09

a straightforward pasta: fusilli with pesto, sun-dried tomato, fresh french feta and hot chili oil

What we made for lunch 10.08.09

birthday treat - wild alaskan sockeye salmon and cream cheese on multigrain bread from Almondine with cucumber and cornichons

What we made for lunch 10.07.09

bresaola and pear; chavrie goat cheese on arugula with walnuts - so good

what we made for lunch 10.06.09

an open sandwich (soon closed) of gruyere, sauteed mushroom, roasted shallots and some hot chili oil with arugula

what we made for lunch 10.03.09

a delicious sandwich with olive pesto,fresh mozzarella, grilled eggplant and roasted red pepper. looking at the size of the black olive, one would think we had a miniature sandwich but in fact the olive was massive (about 2"!) and really good - they came from Sahadis
Elsbeth was a lunch guest today while on her NY trip - welcome back!

what we made for lunch 10.02.09


a really good frittata(!) with zucchini, mushrooms, onion and some red and yellow roasted pepper we had along with some salad and baguette - went down well with everyone

what we made for lunch 10.01.09


very good tiger shrimp from wholefoods with a nice lemon /white wine /mayo dressing along with avocado and a mixed green salad; the bread is a very good multigrain boule from w.foods as well