Archive of Tuesday night dinner: Year 3
The cast changes, but the food goes on.
- October 2
- Second anniversary.
- October 9
- Winter pretends to set in. Fresh bread and a hearty
potato soup.
- October 16
- Near East. Hummus, roasted eggplant spread,
cracker triangle spears with onion seeds, lentils, spinach and feta salad.
- October 23
- The spirit of Todd English takes over Nathan's
body and he prepares golden raisin polenta and sweet potato soup.
- October 30
- Fresh bread, grilled trout, roasted squash.
- November 6
- Baked potato (white and sweet) bonanza bar, with multi-bean chili.
- November 13
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- November 20
- Sushi mania, with guest chef Jeffrey! Tuna,
salmon, and avocado rolls galore, with fresh miso soup.
- November 27
- Post-Thanksgiving, we go for Southern
food. Pulled barbecue chicken, spoon bread, collard greens.
- December 4
- With holiday cheer upon us, we feast on
shepherd's pie and eggnog.
- December 11
- Ass-crushing quantities of Rob's special pizzas.
- December 18
- The possible end of the unbroken series. Salmon
with corn & chili salsa and a chipotle-black bean-ginger beer sauce;
green beans; mango pieces; sweet potato fries; watercress salad.
- December 25
- Emily saves us from losing our streak with a
Christmas-day dinner.
- January 1
- New Year's Day. As a recovery from the revelry, we
serve brown bread, corn chowder, and leftover black bean dip.
- January 8
- Pork chops with bacon and peach sauce;
multi-root-vegetable mash; steamed broccoli; coconut cake.
- January 15
- Puzzlers invade!
- January 22
- Lasagne by the ton.
- January 29
- Chili (black-bean chicken chili and no-meat
pinto/kidney bean chili), in the middle of a warm spell, served with
southern buttermilk cornbread, green beans, and the fresh homebrew.
- February 5
- Black bean/pinto bean enchiladas; key lime pie.
- February 12
- Mardi Gras.
- February 19
- Breakfast for dinner: waffles, sausage, eggs,
fruit salad.
- February 26
- Carrot-ginger soup.
- March 5
- Tofu, chicken, and soy-sausage satay; cabbage salad.
- March 12
- Dueling black bean soups: gringo and authentic
Mexican. Sweet potato fries. Spanish rice. Lemon tart.
- March 19
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- March 26
- Stuffed cabbage, pork with sauerkraut and apples,
baked pears.
- April 2
- Spreads on flatbreads.
- April 9
- Grilled veggies, stuffed squid in ink sauce, garlicy soup.
- April 16
- pan bagna and green salad with guest desserts from
lauren and rahul.
- April 23
- Ceviche from guest chef Daniel, with tostadas,
squash soup, and lime Bavarian.
- April 30
- Asparagus soup, potato and sweet potato gratin,
flatbread with zataar, bluberry crumble by nyssim.
- May 7
- Iron Chef Battle Apple! (potluck)
- May 14
- burritos, tacos, and other things that give you that
tortilla fix.
- May 21
- Indian food by guest chef Rahul.
- May 28
- soon-to-be-legendary gnocci. tomato salad. asparagus.
- June 4
- Rob's birthday celebrated in absentia with black bean soup.
- June 11
- Puerto Rican picnic shoulder, beans, cassava,
chayote, plum tarts, espresso.
- June 18
- Spanikopita by Rahul, plus chick pea salad, green
beans, herb-roasted chicken, strawberry shortcake, ginger lemonade.
- June 25
- Fondue mania.
- July 2
- Grilled eggplant rolls, baby greens, broccoli, bread
& spreads.
- July 9
- homemade squash and eggplant-fennel ravioli. tomato
salad. unspecified bean salad.
- July 16
- Blueberry soup.
- July 23
- Pulled chicken, mac & cheese, collard greens, ice tea.
- July 30
- Turkish delights: manti, coban salatsi, ekmekler, baklava.
- August 6
- Roasted gazpacho, carrot salad, orange and fennel
salad, tarts.
- August 13
- More salads.
- August 20
- Comfort food: roasted, mashed, green.
- August 27
- A going-away party for several friends, celebrated
with black beans.
- September 3
- Chili.
- September 10
- ropa vieja, arroz con gandules, yuca con mojo,
platanos maduros.
- September 17
- Sean's dinner debut. Stuffed chicken, buffalo tofu.
- September 24
- Celery root soup, roasted squash, apple and walnut salad.
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Last updated: $Date: 2002/10/31 17:21:09 $