what we made for lunch 03.11.11

toasted cibatta with fresh mozzarella and chard

what we made for lunch 03.10.11

just the two of us - entering a run of sandwiches. This time a sliced egg, using the tasty blue ameraucana eggs along with watercress on fresh cibatta bread

what we made for lunch 03.05.11

a nice array of post pot-luck goodies - brie, a blue cheese, almonds, watercress and fennel salad with orange segments, a fig and almond 'cake' and Gregoire's homemade walnut bread - thank you!

what we made for lunch 03.04.11

making do, in a good way - Anna's spicy hot tomato and canellini soup (made in a big chamba pot for yesterday's pot-luck); half an avocado with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, (rock salt and black pepper added after the photo)

what we made for lunch 03.03.11

meanwhile, another tasty but very hard to eat open sandwich (some serious slipping and collapse!) - fresh casareccio bread, fresh mozzarella, arugula, prosciutto and avocado. And we're done setting up the new show - thank you Corie and Selam

what we made for lunch 03.02.11

a very tasty frittata (made with dark brown maran hen eggs) of green beans, some portobello from the other day and parmesan, an arugula and fennel salad and 7grain mini from Pain d'Avignon

what we made for lunch 03.01.11

farfalle with black provencal olives, sun-dried tomato (I know that they are in there - they're just hiding), ricotta salata, a bit of watercress and hot chili flakes

what we made for lunch 02.28.11

a tricky to eat open sandwich here: sautéed portobello mushroom with watercress, manchego cheese and a welcome to interns Selam and Corie providing some much appreciated help

what we made for lunch 02.26.11

back to basics - cup of tomato soup and a cheddar, branston's pickle and arugula ciabatta bread sandwich

what we made for lunch 02.25.11

the 'special' can of mackerel from Italy, a little mayo, sprinkle of chili powder, cucumber with cornichons along with a watercress and fennel salad - oh yes

what we made for lunch 02.24.11

simple, understated and so good! -stating at the bottom: ciabatta bread, a little anchovy paste, swiss chard and mozzarella with hot chili oil

what we made for lunch 02.23.11

creamy chavrie goat cheese on toasted 7grain, black provencal olives, a fennel salad and beets with cumin and coriander

what we made for lunch 02.22.11

the delicious hot smoked salmon from Acme with our habanero mayo, fennel and a lemon lentil salad with 7grain

what we made for lunch 02.19.11

simple and always good - whitefish on toasted multigrain with cucumber, cornichon and a dusting of chili powder

what we made for lunch 02.18.11

fresh mozzarella, swiss chard and prosciutto di Parma on a slab of fresh country loaf from Pain d'Avignon - can't go wrong

what we made for lunch 02.17.11

a favorite - whitefish salad (from Acme) on toasted multi-grain with cucumber, cornichon and a little chili powder. congratulations Elsbeth on getting your diploma (you'll go far!)


what we made for lunch 02.15.11

a repeat - roast chicken and habanero mayo with avocado and arugula; this time on the really good wholewheat bread from the bakery at Eataly

what we made for lunch 02.13.11


on my own today, so a quick delicious repeat of the day before - pastrami smoked salmon, cucumber, red onion and cornichon; this time on 7grain bread from Pain d'Avignon

what we made for lunch 02.12.11

roast herb chicken (from Wholefoods) baguette sandwich with habanero mayo, avocado and arugula; there were some chips that didn't make it into the photo

what we made for lunch 02.11.11

well worth a ZipCar - long time no Acme! today we have the deluxe pastrami smoked salmon and cream cheese with pickle & cracked black pepper on pumpernickel & multiseed bagel - so good

what we made for lunch 02.10.11

classic line up of tomato soup (which is still really hot, even with just 20% of the chipotle in adobo sauce) and an open fresh mozzarella and prosciutto di Parma sandwich with arugula