MENUS

MENUS

BARBECUES

A JAMAICAN BARBECUE

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA  A JULY 4 COOK OUT

Salads, slaw, mango 1  A THAI GRILL

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA  GRILL NIGHT AT THE OASIS  (A MOROCCAN BARBECUE)

HOW NOW WHITE COW (A TUSCAN GRILL)

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA  MIAMI SPICE (A FLORIDA GRILL)

BRUNCHES

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA A BAGEL BRUNCH

A BORDER BRUNCH

Fruit bowls, bosc pears and black grapes 1 A FARM STAND HARVEST BRUNCH

CARIBBEAN

A CARIBBEAN BREEZE (OR, A HURRICANE WATCH)

CHRISTMAS

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA  CHRISTMAS DINNER

CHRISTMAS MORNING

FEAST OF THE SEVEN FISHES

CINCO DE MAYO

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA CINCO DE MAYO

THE Columbian Culinary Exchange

The Columbian Culinary Exchange

EASTER

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA EASTER LUNCH

HALLOWEEN

Halloween jack-o-lantern 1 COCKTAILS AT THE COVEN A HALLOWEEN APPETIZER BUFFET

EAT, DRINK AND BE SCARY: From the groaning board, A HALLOWEEN DINNER

MIDSUMMER

A MIDSUMMER‘S EVE DINNER

MOTHER’S DAY

A LADY LIKE MOTHER’S DAY LUNCHEON

NEW YEAR

LOMAY’S CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR BANQUET

NANA’S NEW YEARS DAY LUNCH

OKTOBERFEST

 OKTOBERFEST

THE OSCARS (DINNER AND A SHOW)

2022: FOR BELFAST, A PUB DINNER (ā€œThe Irish were born for leaving.  Otherwise the rest of the world would have no pubs.ā€  Josie Walker as Aunt Violet)

2020: FOR JOJO RABBIT, A PEACEFUL DINNER (ā€œOK, no more politics.  Dinner is neutral ground.  This table is Switzerland.ā€ Scarlett Johansson as Rosie Betzler).

2018:  FOR THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, SOMETHING CHEESY (ā€œI’m going to order something cheesy.  I like cheesy things.ā€ Peter Dinklage as James)

2017: FOR HELL OR HIGH WATER, LUNCH AT A TEXAS DINER (“I’ve worked here for forty four years, and all anyone ever orders is a T-bone steak and a baked potato, ‘cept for one asshole from New York who tried to order trout.” Margaret Bowman as the T-Bone waitress)

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA 2016: FOR SPOTLIGHT, A DOWN EAST LOBSTER DINNER (ā€œIf it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one.ā€  Stanley Tucci as Mitchell Garabedian)

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA 2015: FOR THE IMITATION GAME, A PUB DINNER (ā€œOf course machines can’t think as people do.  A machine is different from a person.  Hence, they think differently.  The interesting question is, just because something thinks differently from you, does that mean it’s not thinking? Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing)

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA 2014: FOR NEBRASKA, A STEAKHOUSE DINNER (ā€œI ain’t fiddlin’ with no cow titties.  I’m a city girl.ā€ June Squibb as Kate Grant

2013:  FOR BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, A BAYOU FEED UP (“Once there was a Hush Puppy and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub,” Quvenzhane Wallis as Hush Puppy)

2012: FOR THE HELP, FRIED CHICKEN (ā€œFrying chicken just tends to make you feel better about life.ā€ Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson)

PICNICS

Picnics, apple picking 2 AN APPLE PICKING PICNIC

A BEACH PICNIC

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA A PICNIC AT BOSCOBEL

PRESIDENT’S DAY

PRESIDENT’S DAY

SOUP FOR SUPPER

GOULASH SOUP FOR SUPPER

LOBSTER CORN CHOWDER FOR SUPPER

SOPA DE LIMA FOR SUPPER

SUAN LA TANG FOR SUPPER

TURKEY JOOK FOR SUPPER

ST. PATRICK’S DAY

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA AN IRISH AMERICAN ST. PATRICK’S DAY DINNER

THANKSGIVING

A MIDWESTERN THANKSGIVING

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA A NEW ENGLAND THANKSGIVING

A SOUTHWESTERN THANKSGIVING

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA THANKSGIVING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

THANKSGIVING IN THE SOUTHEAST

THANKSGIVING ON THE WEST COAST

VALENTINES DAY

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA A DINNER FOR YOUR VALENTINE

WEEKNIGHT SPECIALS

AGNELLO A SCOTADITTO

BACON AND EGG FRIED RICE

BAKED TILAPIA FILLETS WITH SAUERKRAUT

BASIC SAUTEED STEAKS WITH RED WINE GLAZE

BASIC BEEF BURGERS

CHINESE TRINIDADIAN STIR-FRIED SHRIMP WITH RUM

COLD CHINESE STYLE SESAME NOODLES WITH CHICKEN AND CUCUMBER

FETTUCCINE ALLA PRIMAVERA

LIME MARINATED SWORDFISH STEAKS

PAN-GRILLED JUMBO SHRIMP WITH LEMON AND OREGANO

PAN-SEARED TUNA STEAKS WITH NICOISE VINAIGRETTE

PENNE RAPHAEL

PORK CHOP SAUERKRAUT CASSEROLE

RITZ CRACKER COD

ROASTED LEMON CHICKEN

ROASTED PORK TENDERLOIN AND FENNEL

ROASTED PORK TENDERLOIN ISLAND STYLE, WITH AVOCADO, ORANGE, NAPA CABBAGE AND SPINACH SALAD

ROASTED PORK TENDERLOIN WITH ARUGULA, ENDIVE AND WALNUT VINAIGRETTE

SALSICCE CON CIME DI RAPA

SAUTEED CHICKEN CUTLETS WITH GARLIC, LEMON, ROSEMARY AND GREMOLATA

SAUTEED CHICKEN CUTLETS WITH PROSCUITTO AND SAGE

SAUTEED SALMON STEAKS WITH ARUGULA, CAPERS AND TOMATOES

SAUTEED SHRIMP WITH MOROCCAN SPICES

SAUTEED VEAL CHOPS WITH SAGE

SPAGHETTI WITH BACON AND ESCAROLE

STIR-FRIED CHINESE SAUSAGE AND SUGARSNAP PEAS 

Truites Meuniere