food
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🍴: Mon – Burgers. Bacon. Fries. Salad. ‘Merica. Tues – pork tenderloin with a port wine/mushroom pan sauce, pan-roasted potatoes, salad Wed – Japanese Beef and Cabbage with Mentsuyu served on soba noodles from the newest Food & Wine. Hampton nailed it! Thurs – I went from jazz class to working on choreo with Ethan,…
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🍴: Mon – coconut-braised cabbage with crispy lentils and lefse (Norwegian potato flatbread) Tues – almond-crusted salmon with green beans and mushrooms Wed – baked sage meatballs with parmesan orzo and salad Thurs – straight from jazz class from rehearsal, sooooo just a protein shake Fri – Sushi Empire Sat – Craft & Crust before…
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🍴: Mon – shrimp and asparagus risotto to use up a bag of aging asparagus and the rest of that Riesling a friend left. Tues – gyro/taco shenanigans stuffing tortillas with seasoned ground turkey mixed with chopped up pre-made gyro meat that needed to be used up. Tzatziki, a cucumber/radish relish, and air-fried Brussels to…
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🍴: Mon – Easter take 2. Lamb frites with a creamy mustard sauce and garden salad. Very bistro. But only vaguely better with the Crozes-Hermitage blend that didn’t work with the vinegary mint sauce the day before. Tues – Flat 493’s first breaded pork chops (I think?). The breading didn’t perfectly behave, but it was…
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🍴: Mon – Hampton had bought pita for his lunches so we did Greekish burgers in pita with tzatzik and olives, fried Brussels ots. Tues – TJ’s umami butter chicken with potatoes and asparagus. Why have we not tried this before. So tasty! Wed – I had a late meeting before choir rehearsal so I…
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🍴: Mon – Hampton wanted to do burgers tomorrow after we both had 6 p.m. events downtown, so he suggested a veg meal for the night before. We made this lentil and beet salad with some sautéed mushrooms and braised endive. Earthy, tangy, hearty, and no meat was missed. Tues – he was right, Barcelona…
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🍴: Mon – a 30° degree temp drop + tornado warning + what I had to finally admit was probably a cold and not allergies + Hampton’s Friday = boxed Mac and cheese with Italian sausage, salad OTS, no regrets. Tues – I didn’t have rehearsal, so we planned to do bigass salads with shrimp…
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🍴: Mon – We hit a Piedmont Opera HOPera event at Joymongers to cheer on the padre from Man of La Mancha this time last year, with delivery from That Place in the West End. I always say I’m going to try something new but mmmmm, poké. Tues – grilled pork tenderloin and veg. I…
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🍴: Mon – Cabbage and White Bean Soup with Crispy Prosciutto, inspired by this, but with sambal oelek bc we’re out of harissa and some leftover tomato sauce bc ew chunky tomatoes. Tues – sushi bowls inspired by a recipe in the new Food & Wine that made Hampton admit TJ’s has a newish imitation…
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🍴: Mon – TJ’s frozen miso cod with tempura green beans, sweet potato, red bell pepper, and mushrooms, plus salad. Tues – burgers with red sauce, pesto, and fresh mozz with a bottle of barolo as inspired by an email from a restaurant we’ve never been to (but from the same people who had the…
Ann Davis-Rowe 