2008
October 31 - Marina interviews at UConn
November 12 - dinner for Gail Mandel - Rindy, Marina - making liquid nitrogen sorbet (Marina, Art, Rachael) - Gail, Art - Art, Marina
November
More home improvements 1 - 2 - 3
November 27
Thanksgiving turkey, step by step
start fire - get things ready - turkey - spices - grind
spices - ground spices - trim
skin - stuff spices - stuff
some more - and more - another
spice that went in - where it went in - bacon - coals
are almost ready - turkey is ready, with thermometer - smoking
wood chips - grill is ready - wood chips onto grill - turkey
on the grill - smoking
away - done
December 6 - 12: the old Volvo
How to make miso soup with carrots and potatoes
trip to California
Dec 11: on the airplane - the #1 agility Shih Tzu in the
world - the
#3 yorkie agility in the world
Dec 13: Chez Panisse menu - forgot to take pictures
of Jan, Rachael and Tom (!)
halibut tartare, pizzetta, pasta, sirloin
roast
Dec 14: Lulu's - Ren, Meta, Laura, Mark, Kyle
one of the dishes: swordfish in orange chili vinaigrette with green beans, chickpeas
and almonds
Dec 16: Something new from the west coast, never seen yet on the east coast - parking
meter
December 20
First big snow of the winter - 1 - 2 - 3
December 22
Second snow - TV News team interviewers a snow shoveler "You don't have a snow
blower?" - accumulation
December 26
dinner for Masashi Mori, visiting from Germany
vietnamese spring rolls (Guy, Rachael) - takoyaki (Guy,
Tom) - how to make takoyaki - homemade
tofu (looks yummy doesn't it! but Guy suggested putting maple syrup on
it and we ate it all!) - liquid nitrogen sorbet (cranberry
/ lemonade mix; grapefruit juice)
jam session - Masashi ("days of wine and roses";
"someday my prince will come")
December 27
How to make a breakfast omlette ("big ray")
December 30 - at the Tamm's in Woods Hole
Long walk on new bike path (lunch at Cape Cod Bagel)
Undeterred by high winds and creaky footbridge - Signhild
Sid - Rindy
Signhild
December 31
Snow storm time lapse (notice birds around the feeder)
January 11
It snowed again last night. Shoveling (10 sec intervals)
January 18
Snowed again! this time in the morning Shoveling (10 sec intervals)
January 28
More exercise
Janauary 29
oh no, an ice storm last night. break out the ice chopper
February 20
Kitchen remodel to start
Kitchen scenes: over the sink - stove
corner - table - wall paper
March 2
More snow!
March 20
Maeda Restaurant dinner: burdock kinpira, mugwort fu - edamame
in tofu - fluke
sashimi salad - shrimp shumai - shredded cabbage with
togarashi - fish
/ green tea noodles - broiled cod with cauliflower /
seaweed paste - plum
/ mint granita - 5 piece sushi - green tea ice cream
April 19
forsythia - cherry tree - maple
tree (driveway near shed) - looking north -
looking south
April 23
cherry tree - maple tree (driveway near shed) - looking
north - looking south
April 29
Maeda Sushi Restaurant: soba salad - sashimi
salad - shrimp salad - fluke
usuzukuri - chicken kara-age
April 30
cherry tree; blossoms 1 - 2
maple tree (driveway near shed)
oak tree (street, 25 concord)
looking north, looking south
