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This looks like cloudberry in volcanic soil. Is somebody going to Iceland?

A little bit of left over bread with Humboldt Fog cheese. Espresso instead of glass of wine since it was breakfast

Pork chops cooked in my treasured 12 inch cast iron skillet. They were served with the side of spinach

Article on Tasting Table about coffee shop in Cartagena Colombia. Arzayus roasts these beans with four different methods that range from a rustic hand pot to a popcorn machine. "I discovered that people in Mexico put corn with the coffee, and when the corn explodes, the coffee is ready," he explains. http://www.tastingtable.com/drinks/national/colombian-coffee-cafe-del-mural-cartagena?utm_medium=email&utm_source=TT&utm_campaign=Daily&utm_content=Editorial

Two kinds of roasted beets plated on top of feta and cream shmear wild lsalmon with sautéed spinach

Left over brown rice, left over barbecue pork topped with super fresh egg that came from my friend's back yard chickens.

Love that little bit of mayo dripping out!

I pre-ordered Joule. My justification was the small size. We like to rent an apartment or a house when we travel (say, our upcoming trip to Napa Valley) and it will be easy to bring Joule along. May be I just wanted a new toy

Steak was cooked rare. Texture was good. It was tender but pieces held their shape well. Onions were the best part!

Onions seared in cast iron skillet, left over steak cooked in instant pot high pressure 30 minutes with white wine and creme fraiche, slow release for a few minutes followed by quick release since I needed to serve dinner. Over plain rice.

Roasted beets and mozzarella salad with basil dressing. corn and potato soup with posched wild salmon and pesto,. Used left over French fries instead of potatoes.

What will we see on your table? You are criticizing other posters's cooking. Please show your creations.

Real wild rice from MN cooked with left over gazpacho and chopped tomato. I approximated 1:1.25 ratio of rice to liquid. Super steam 300 degrees 25 minutes.

I am by myself this weekend and can eat whatever suits me for any given meal. Tomato and cucumber salad with creme fraiche and dill. Veggies from my neighbors garden. Last of homemade bread pan fried in duck fat. Hot dogs that split open in CSO steam bake! Still tasty!

Tomatoes, basil, scallions from MY garden! Cucumber was given to me by a nice lady in thrift shop. Pork shashlik ready to be grilled Grilled and served with leftover tarbais beans and geens

It is 5 AM, I am wide awake. No Kougin Amann in site. Please pray for me too.

Did not think that I needed instant pot but now using it daily. Jasmine rice cooked one part water to one part wet rice ratio on rice setting.

Pristine Branzino purchased at Whole Foods. Politely declined for the fish to be scaled and gutted. Scaling was not needed, it was steam baked at 350 degrees in CSO for 25 minutes and fillet carefully removed with large thin fish spatula. I was happy to gut it myself, ended up with delicious liver. Ready to cook, slivers of garlic and ginger added for flavor Pit was served with plain rice, white on white photo was not very interesting but the fish was delicious. Left over carcass and skin.

Tarbais beans, pre soaked, 10 minutes high pressure, natural release. Reheated wit garlic infused olive oil, carrots.

Gazpacho Roasted chicken with tarbais beans

Bits and pieces of chicken skin as after dinner snack shared with my Chinese daughter in law.

Chicken roasted in cast iron skillet with mushroom rice. Served with healthy dose of Lao gan ma.

I leave water in reservoir all the time without leaking. Sometimes for a week or longer if I teavel. The only leaking I had was when I forgot to empty drip tray after multiple uses of steam.

Squash from the neighbors garden sautéed with tomatoes. Grilled hot dogs were eaten before photo was taken. It was a rather late breakfast after walking on the beach and everyone was hungry.

Pork kebabs grilled on an electric Weber grill cause our building does not allow anything else. Potatoes roasted in Cuisinart steam boy. Lao gan ma on the side. A glass of rose.