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Ramen soup with miso salmon, mushrooms, and baby bok choy

Corn risotto with scallops

Salad with roasted cauliflower, haloumi, olives, spiced chicken, and a honey vinaigrette.

Spaghetti with roasted peppers

Broiled tautog with a piccata style sauce, mashed potatoes and spinach. My sister chose the tautog on the recommendation of the fish vendor, who said they are running though here right now on their way to Nova Scotia. I don't think I have ever had it before, and we all really liked it. It was a sweet, mild fish.

Tuesday, coconut fish curry Last night, chicken parmesean

Lobster rolls. I use cucumber, scallions, and tarragon in mine, never celery.

I thought it was as close as I could hope for. The menu description gave no indication of which na spirits it used. I think it just said something like “juniper, herbs, roots.” It was a non sweet mocktail, so I was happy. Perhaps. The batter was definitely light and the food was piping hot. We spent Sunday walking on the beach in front of the house. You’ve already seen those views. For dinner, we decided to go to Bluefins in town for sushi, since none of us were in the mood for a big, rich meal. Cocktails. As you can see I was back to my club soda with lime. Toro tasting spoon (we did not realize this was the presentation, but my sister and I just shared one) tuna tower Three rolls to share: tuna, salmon, yellowtail, jalepeno. Toro jalepeno. And a tuna special roll which was everyone’s favorite. Chatham Squire at night Husband and I did one last beach walk before heading home this morning, this time at Claflin Landing. Most of this beach is owned by Chatham Bars Inn, but strolling is generally (though not always) allowed on private beaches in MA (you just cannot stop and set up on them). Beach A few boats operated by the Inn. The Bartender, which shuttles you over to the sandy break you see in the background for a beach day or picnic Sailboat A very large house on the far side of the beach and a fishing boat. That’s it for this visit.

Yesterday we did some more exploring on the beach in front of the house. Here’s the Occupy Chatham shack up close. The background on this shack is that 10 years ago the frame floated across the channel from one of the outer islands during a winter storm. It was reinforced and added to by locals over the years. So far it has survived ten years of nor’easters. There is some dispute over who manages this stretch of beach— the town of Chatham or the National Seashore, and the shack is a gentle protest by locals against the Seashore’s encroachment on what is considered by many to be town land. Some scenic shots from our walk: All that walking made us hungry, so we went to town for a treat. Buffy’s Ice Cream Heath bar and mocha chip. These were smalls— they were huge! After ice cream we did more walking and caught the sunset at Harding’s Beach Dinner was at Viera on Main. Menu Cocktails. They actually had a decent mocktail menu, so I was able to order a phony Negroni (center). Husband had a martini and I don’t know what my sister ordered. We shared the fritto misto— a vast improvement over the prior day’s over fried calamari we also shared the clams balboa I had the dukkah spiced tuna sister chose the fettuccine with clams and husband had the butter poached lobster. given our earlier ice cream, we skipped dessert.

My husband, sister and I are back on the Cape for the weekend, this time staying in Chatham. It was a last minute decision to come out (the weather is beautiful this weekend). Here is the sun setting over the house as we arrived last night. Most restaurants are already booked for the weekend, but we were able to get a table at the Impudent Oyster for dinner. The menu is vast cocktails for my sister and husband disappointing fried calamari and odd Cajun oysters that my husband added My sister had the sole with crab stuffing I had scallops and shrimp with udon noodles and my husband had swordfish piccata we shared a slice of key lime cheesecake for dessert. We all agreed this was the best part of the meal. Our house is close to the Occupy Chatham art installation. I will walk over and get some close ups of it later today Some scenic photos of the dunes in front of the house

We got an abundance of sprouting cauliflower in this week's CSA box, so last night I made roasted cauliflower shawarma with spicy tahini sauce. Served with rice pilaf, garlic flatbread, and some of the many tomatoes from my CSA

Creamy cajun chicken pasta, a NY Times recipe I made to use up a bunch of veggies in the fridge. I probably won't make it again. Mutter paneer, maharajah rice, and garlic naan

Some dinners from this weekend. Spicy chicken salad Jackfruit and black bean tacos Tomato galette and arugula salad

A couple of dinners using fish I brought back from Cape Cod. Green coconut curry with cod cheeks and rice Herb marinated roasted halibut with creamy corn and roasted red pepper coulis

They were potatoes. I am fairly certain they are the same ones I can buy in my grocery store, which is Lamb Weston brand. This shape is called potato dippers, I think. It's not a shape that is too popular in my house, so I very rarely buy them. Their fries are good for a packaged product though. I usually have their house cut and shoestring fries in my freezer.