Sourced everything I needed to make my own Thai green chili paste!
Category: Cucina Mia
Mediterranean night
Tricolor quinoa tabouleh, jalapeño hummus, pita, Omaha Steaks filet minon pieces pan seared with sumac, Japanese whiskey (okay so that part was off-theme)
To celebrate the fact that Putin is no longer our president?
Pad Kee Mao
Imperfect Foods chicken, red bell pepper, and rice noodles with house-pickled Thai chili
Moyashi Goma-ae
My favorite Japanese salad! Soy, sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, raw garlic, green onion, and a dash of sake or marin, best if left overnight, but darn near impossible once the house starts smelling like toasted sesame!
More fun in the kitchen
From left to right:
Orange cauliflower, purple onion, and Molinari sweet Sicilian sausage elbow Mac-n-Cheese with Tillamook sharp cheddar and Tapatio hot sauce
Imperfect Foods wild gulf shrimp Kung Pao with bok-choy, green bell pepper, rehydrated Szechuan chilis, and extra firm tofu
Caponata, an Italian relish of roasted eggplant, celery, onion, pine nuts, capers, and olives
Pizza beans
Great Northerns and crimini mushrooms baked in pomodoro and mozzarella, Caesar salad.
Christmas Eve Cioppino
Dungeness crab, mussels, clams, shrimp, calamari, wild cod, garlic bread, 2018 Falcone Syrah
Ahi shoyu poke bowl
Getting a head start on our seven fishes! Ahi shoyu poke, seaweed salad, imitation crab salad, pineapple, fried shallots over jasmine rice, togarashi