Dante

pork and pickled veggie (onion, daikon, carrot) banh mi with sides of kohlrabi, and (not home made) tater tots with salsa golf

Tempeh jambalaya over couscous

Sesame tofu with rapini over rice

I was actually joking about that while I was making it. I have my own shuddersome memories of Chun King as well. I'd recently read an article on San Francisco cuisine and had to give it a try, though, and I'm glad that I did, as it turned out quite wonderfully. And refreshingly not like the canned stuff.

Pork tenderloin fricassee with a side of steamed edamame with nutritional yeast, butter, and umeboshi vinegar.

Chop Suey

Fried tilapia with gribiche sauce, with sides of sauteed chard and waffle fries with fry sauce

My mom made it semi-regularly, but I'd never thought to make it myself before last year

Country Captain

Chicken Tetrazzini

Chilaquiles, with fried egg, avocado, queso fresco, fried onion, olives and refried beans

Grits with onion, chiles, and feta, topped with sauteed mushrooms and soft boiled eggs

Burritos filled with carne asada, salsa roja, guacamole, cheddar jack, and home made mayo, smothered with more salsa roja. Side of steamed corn with butter and nutritional yeast.

Char siu tofu over farro, side of sauteed lacinato kale

Chicken stir fry with ginger, broccoli, baby corn,and snow peas, over rice noodles.

Chicago-style hot dogs (using Harpoon brewery beer brats and Vermont Cheddar sausages), side of not-home-made tater tots with home-made fry sauce

Sous vide Chicken Marbella, sides of sauteed chard and fresh local tomatoes sprinkled with fleur de sel

Pigs (bangers) in a blanket with sambal mustard, home-made mayo, nori,sesame seeds, and cilantro. Side of steamed rapini

Stuffed peppers with broccoli quiche filling. Side of steamed rapini with umeboshi vinegar and nutritional yeast.

It actually works rather well in potato-leek soup.

Weapons Grade Confit Byaldi (ie, hybrid of Francis Lam's Weapons Grade Ratatouille and Thomas Keller's Confit Byaldi)

Pizza with black olives, pesto, mushrooms, and soppressata

typing too quickly and didn't notice the typo. My fingers sometimes like to add letters. oops

Grape tomatoes, red onion, and tapenade over pennae

Fried chicken with steamed rutabaga and Swiss chard on the side