Getting off number with the week we did the Brooklyn Brewery event and now the week of American Thanksgiving really makes me itch. I liked family meals when they decreased by fives and now they’re all off. Instead of 60 – 55 we’ve got 61 – 57. It’s just not the same.
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Tuesday: mini falafel balls, red pepper, tofu and mushroom heart stir fry and clumpy rice noodles in the back right hand side dressed with scallions and sesame seeds.
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Wednesday: salad with a very good zucchini and tofu curry.
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Thursday: is Thanksgiving and Dirt Candy was closed. I stayed home alone and ate cold, leftover Chinese take-out and drank a giant beer. Also, ice cream. And read two books (which is something I never get to do anymore).
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Friday: salad (again! Michelle Obama would be very proud!) with a giant noodle, broccoli and tofu stir fry.
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Saturday: chickpea and deep fried tofu curry full of lovely and spicy yuba skin.
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Tomorrow, wine. And next week, fun. But today on this blog, family meal. I’ve got two weeks of them to catch up with.
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Tuesday: salad (as per usual) with toasted almonds and then a corn and broccoli stock smoked tofu thing. Not quite a curry, not quite a stir fry. It was sort of gloopy and weird.
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Wednesday: massive amounts of roasted vegetables. Which were delicious, but there were an awful lot of them. And fried tofu lurking in the background. Also, yes, that is a salad.
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Thursday: our intern Tyler did his final project for us and it was family meal. Fried polenta with a salad, and then a smoked tofu, mushroom and zucchini ragout as a sauce for the friend polenta. I think he passed, but that was mostly because there was a salad. Consistency is king.
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Friday: is that a salad I spy there? Salad with chickpeas and red onions, and it’s one of Danielle’s best salads to date. There was also a tahini dressing, which may have been what put it over the top. Then a spicy mushroom heart and egg soup. This is a very dark photo of a very nice meal.
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Saturday: grits and corn and mushroom hearts fried up and mixed together. And instead of a salad, a letter. It didn’t taste as good.
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Hanukkah starts tonight! And in honor of the upcoming Dirt Candy Comic Book Cookbook I wanted to wish you a Happy Hanukkah from all my pals…
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The Thing from the Fantastic Four!
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Kitty Pryde from the X-Men!
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Kid Torah!
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Shabbas Queen!
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Hanukkah Harry!
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Wait a minute, you guys! No Jew on Jew violence.
There are enough Hanukkah presents for everyone!
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Hanukkah is for you too, Superman!
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Come on, Golem. Let’s do hugs!
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May all your dreidels dance!
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