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Thank you, Patrick. No, these were from Thailand the Beautiful Cookbook (probably our most-used Thai cookbook).

Chaing Mai barbecued pork – chunks of pork tenderloin skewered and grilled after marinating with coconut milk, fish sauce, soy sauce, garlic, white pepper, coriander, sugar, and chopped cilantro root. Served with jasmine rice and sweet chile sauce. Bean sprout pork – ground pork stir-fried with garlic, fish sauce, white pepper, sugar, scallions, and bean sprouts.

Kate - great breakfasts, great location Fried egg, guacamole, buttered 12-grain toast, coffee

Franci – looks good as always Rare RO – Vietnamese tacos! Pork picadillo tacos – leftover pulled pork with raisins, slivered almonds, and fried onions, tossed with a fried sauce of chipotles, tomatoes, roasted garlic, black pepper, cinnamon, and cloves. Served on corn tortillas. Guacamole – our usual, made in the mortar with Serrano chiles, garlic, and lime juice.

This has been great fun so far, Christa, and I love the premise. Enjoy your week of indulgence!

Beautiful spring meal, Soba Patrickamory – A belated but heartfelt shout-out for your gorgeous Thai meal RareRO – “salad of afterthought” Mixed pasta with spicy sausage sauce, an old favorite from Marcella’s Italian Kitchen. Sausage, garlic, tomatoes, cayenne, and grated Parmesan – simple, full of flavor, and capable of satisfying large, hungry teenage boys. Served with bread and salad.

Thank you very much, Mike, I don't mind at all. The recipe is "spicy fish curry with coconut sauce (masaladar nariyal-macchi kari)" from Neelam Batra's 1,000 Indian Recipes.

I am craving vegetables now, thanks to patrickamory’s eggplant khoresh and RareRO’s caramelized fennel. Beautiful! Welcome to the fish sauce club! When in doubt, add fish sauce . . . Rare RO - thank you! Maryland is better known for crabs than BBQ, but if you find yourself out our way it would be inhospitable of us not to hook you up with some backyard smoked butt. Rico – thanks, and your chicken looks classic. Try “northeast cucumber salad" (tam taeng) from Thailand the Beautiful Cookbook – link here. We subbed rice vinegar for tamarind juice, but like it either way. Indian spicy fish curry with coconut sauce – Chunks of halibut marinated with a paste of onion, garlic, and ground chiles, mustard seed, coriander seed, and black pepper. The fish is fried partway, simmered with coconut milk until nearly done, finished with rice vinegar and cilantro, and then topped with fried onion and ginger slivers. Mixed vegetable pilaf – basmati rice with chopped cauliflower, shiitake mushrooms, and red bell peppers, flavored with black cardamom, cumin, green chiles, ginger, onion, coconut milk, cilantro, and garam masala. Mrs. C made the un-pictured salad.

Rare RO – Sounds delicious! I always enjoy Korean food, but it is one of the few (only?) garlic-and-chile-centric cuisines that I have not explored much. Franci – Great, now I’m craving hummus. Thai tonight: Stir-fried beef curry – Thinly-sliced strip steaks stir-fried with red curry paste, Anaheim chiles, red bell peppers, sliced onions, ground peanuts, lime leaves, and a sauce of coconut milk, fish sauce, and sugar. Garnished with coconut cream and cilantro. Cucumber salad – Cucumbers, tomatoes, garlic, chiles, rice vinegar, sugar, and fish sauce. One of my favorite versions. Jasmine rice

Kim – Thank you very much, but you are way too kind. percyn – Those mushrooms look outstanding! robirdstx – Must. Try. Baked. Eggs. Slow-scrambled eggs with leftover pit beef, enchilada sauce, and a dash of ghost chile sauce, with a toasted English muffin.

Sure - DIY $10 macro studio. And thank you again. Ah, I should have guessed Nice burgers!

Kim – Thank you, and I am glad that you are on the mend. I did get a new camera late last year, but what helped the most was building a cardboard-box-and-leftover-tissue-paper light box. The halogen lights under the hood used to turn everything yellow. I love spiced shrimp. What spices did you use? Rare RO – Prawns and a fun salad, the perfect summer meal. Too bad it isn’t summer here, despite the balmy weather. EnriqueB – Mmmm, coconut curry prawns. Gosh, I’m craving everyone’s shrimp meals, maybe I should do something about that, but not tonight. Puerco a la Mexicana and arroz blanco with roasted chile Poblano rajas. Da boyz would have liked cowboy beans, too, but oh well.

Mmm, huevos rancheros and scones and tortillas, oh my! My breakfast was much humbler - fried egg sandwich with smoked Gouda cheese and pepper - lots of pepper.

That sound good! Because nothing says "thank you" like coconut panko shrimp.

dcarch – Thank you! Your sous vide corned beef looked fantastic, and I will second RRO’s praise and question about the asparagus. Beet juice, maybe? Rare RO – “Fish spareribs” is brilliant! Yeah, sometimes the boys lobby for what they call “normal” food. For Mexican cooking, you can’t go too far wrong with Rick Bayless or Diana Kennedy. Paul Bacino – gorgeous salmon! Farmhouse stir-fried pork – with Anaheim chiles, fermented black beans, and bacon. With jasmine rice and salad, we squeezed a quick meal between work and elder son’s lacrosse game.

rro and frogprincesse, I like the meat-wrapped asparagus theme. Spaghetti carbonara and a store-bought sunflower baguette, accompanied by our usual un-pictured salad.

Shelby and Norm, I would happily tuck into either of those Reubens (although I must give extra points for homemade rye bread). kayb – Smoked pork in chilli turned out pretty well, although it doesn’t top pulled pork with home-made BBQ sauce. mm84321 – Those are very pretty plates. What do viola flowers taste like? Tonight, a simple grilled meal from Into the Vietnamese Kitchen. We used the same marinade on the chicken and zucchini – lime juice, fish sauce, black pepper, sugar, salt, and oil. Store-bought bread for starch. Mrs. C and I enjoyed the balmy evening while tending the grill. Grilled chicken Grilled zucchini Nuoc cham dipping sauce – lime juice, fish sauce, bird chiles, garlic, sugar, and water

Hey, Rich, nice to see you blogging! The inability to distinguish between the singular and plural “you” is a major flaw in the English language. Practical Southerners have remedied this deficiency. Sympathy on the joys of kitchen renovation, but it looks like the end result is gorgeous and practical. I look forward to sharing your week.

Kim, enjoy your trip! Another omelet for me, this one with hard salami and smoked Gouda. Apparently I lack the patience for slow-scrambled eggs most mornings. English muffin with butter and raspberry preserves.

Leftovers, the best kind of breakfast. Smoked pork butt with homemade BBQ sauce.

Patrick – Wow, that’s quite an undertaking, and I am jealous that you have access to kaffir limes. How did you like the green curry? Actually I did not, but I probably pureed the paste a bit longer (and made barely enough, so I had to spread it thinly). Did Victor get a reprieve, or is he still on the chopping block? Also, how do you like your wet grinder? Kim – thanks, and kudos to Mr. Kim on the welcome-home meal Chilli cook-off leftovers for dinner tonight: chicken tamales; macaroni and cheese; cole slaw; cornbread; and the remaining pulled pork tossed with Mayhaw Man’s Western NC BBQ sauce replica (click) , my favorite BBQ sauce so far.

Cross-posted from Dinner! - pork butt lightly rubbed, smoked overnight on the WSM, and then finished in a low oven. We cut one butt in chunks for smoked pork chilli. Smoking two butts is the same amount of work as smoking one, so butt #2 will probably turn up for dinner this week. I had hoped to stretch the butt over two meals, but with two teenaged boys that's probably not gonna happen.

Paul Bacino – your hickory smoked wings look fabulous ChrisTaylor – that looks like a wonderful feast, and it is always fun (if sometimes humbling) to eat other eGulleteers’ cooking ScottyBoy – now that’s a burger! dcarch – another amazing display of food and art My bro and his wife hosted a chilli cook-off, so I tried something different Smoked pork butt Smoked pork butt chilli

Patrick – Thank you! Both of Kasma’s books are very good, it just depends what you are looking for. Dancing Shrimp has lots of seafood recipes. We love it and we cook from it frequently. It Rains Fishes has fewer recipes, but more information about Thai cooking and ingredients, some of which is duplicated on Kasma’s web site (in particular her excellent flavor balancing exercises). If I could only keep one, it would be Dancing Shrimp. Anyway, speaking of chicken thighs and Victor Sodsook . . . Issan-style grilled chicken – marinated with pureed cilantro, garlic, pepper, ginger, palm sugar, and fish sauce Braised cabbage with dried shrimp, from Cradle of Flavor. Served with bread and butter.

Yep, that's the recipe. I added more coconut milk than specified, which probably affected the color. Thanks! ETA: the leftovers made a satisfying breakfast.