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I was not around for a while. Many reasons, two brand new grandkids among them. Cooking all along though. Fond memories of meeting Anna N once. With Kerry of course. So sad.. I have a cousin who is a smoker, was a smoker. Battling what I assume Anna N was battling. What a legacy that Anna has built!

Gazpacho with feta to start. Rockfish and roasted potatoes, Fly by Jing sauce which is now sold in Whole Foods.

Saag paneer inspired dish. Sautéed spinach with garlic, ginger, onions, garam masala. Added sour cream since I did not have yogurt. Fried halloumi cheese.

Visiting my cousin in sunny Santa Monica. She and her husband gather mushrooms. We had pickled milk mushrooms and herring under fur. And steak which is not pictured. It was rare.

My DIL buys too much food. Some of it goes straight to garbage , some of it she freezes prior to that final trip to garbage. Every time I visit, she sends me home with “at risk” food. Mind you, I bring gourmet food and nice wine when I visit… this time I got frozen kimchi soup. It was great! Please notice expiration date 11/26/21 but I don’t mind.

Granola for the family, oats with hot sauce and nrt for me.

Visiting my son and his family. Tuna tartar over avocado, dollop of bowfin caviar on top. Salmon (that I proudly sliced myself) was served over rice. Fish was purchased at H Mart and was pristine. I had to take a close photo of tuna, it was mighty fine.

Crabmeat gratin with rye bread crumbs. Charred snow peas.

Couple recent breakfasts. Chilaquiles with scrambled eggs, ham. Black quinoa, peas, kimchi. Chesapeake beach flowers are starting to come out.

Unsupervised children will be given a plate of bacon and a kitten 🐱

My favorite dish at Le Bernardin. Can’t wait to eat at LB again.

Shrimp, garlic, spring peas.

Not exactly airline food but my MIL gave me israelí couscous to take home on PBI DCA flight. She bought one too many packages from the bargain bin. TSA sent my carry on bag through the scanner twice. I was genuinely surprised since there was nothing interesting in my bag. Yes, you guessed it right. It was the couscous. They swiped it for explosives. Needless to say, the couscous and I were declared safe to fly 😂

Yes, it was a leftover steak. I partially froze it, sliced it as thinly as I could, and pounded it.

Thinly sliced and pounded leftover steak with green salad. Garlic, anchovies, kewpie Mayo, lime juice, black pepper dressing on the steak.