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An interesting mortadella pizza delivered from Sapori near Belen - it was kind of an American style pizza with Italian toppings - not bad

Thursday:
school lacrosse banquet. Potluck! I made Southern Mac & cheese from the nyt recipe - it uses eggs, milk, and buttery butt!

friday:
play date with fellow school fathers from our kids� elementary school days
Mazra delivery
scotch
legal California drugs

Saturday - maybe I just have a cold. Maybe I�m under sleeping. Maybe I overdid it on Friday. I felt woozy all day. after driving and fetching our son to his golf and party fun, my wife and I lost a chance to get supper and I ended up ordering Chinese while she had a Marianne�s frozen chocolate-covered banana (balboa island style)!
mission Chinese DoorDash:
mapo tofu
rice
beef chow mein (I chose beef over chicken because it was the same price and we all know that beef costs 5-8X the price of chicken)
wonton soup

Last night's birthday (not mine) BBQ spread in Healdsburg. Sleepover for 20+some at an estate with a huge house and caba�as.

Grilled Rack of Lamb with steamed green beans and potatoes gratin paired with a 2018 Saint Julien

Loved the veal chop



The delicious veal chop

Glad did not miss this special

Mother � s Day lychee strawberry cake from Four Seasons / FS , Singapore

Mother�s Day at China Live, sf:
a Lot of yummies for our table of 10�

assd dumplings
XLB soup dumplings
chicken with lettuce wraps
scallion bread
Peking duck sandwiches
thin chow mein with chicken
thick chow mein with vegetables
white rice
ma po tofu
green vegetables

I didn�t even have:
steak cubes
some bbq ribs (Kalbi style) with seared greens
sea bass on cold cucumbers

mango shaved ice with ice cream

beverages:
boba bliss
herbal chrysanthemums tea

Kale and mango salad
Linguine with lemon, goat cheese and shrimp

Tonight seared foie gras paired with a lovely local Late Harvest Petit Manseng as well as seared venison medallions with black truffle mashed potatoes paired with a 2021 Kirkland Saint Julien and both enhanced by a 10 yr Tawny Port/Aged Balsamic reduction.

Whatever my mother cooked. I usually ate what my mother cooked for dinner.

Does she take requests?

Monday:
turkey burgers (Trader Joe�s products & ingredients - brioche bun / toppings)

Tuesday:
I really wanted to drive the 2 hours to watch my son�s lacrosse match in Morgan Hill even though we were certain that he�d get zero playing time, but it was too much for me to do solo.
Pizzeria Delfina, Burlingame:
root beer

shared:
asparagus
spaghetti pomodoro
margarita DOP pizza - great under carriage, to be expected for a $24 pizza

Vanilla soft serve with caramel and shared peanuts

Tonight- Seared Foie Gras on top of a seared Filet Mignon and a Marsala Cremini Mushroom (didn’t realize I was out if Madeira) pan sauce made after the foie pan after it was seared. On top a Black Summer Truffle slices. Paired with a 2022 Kirkland 2022 Chateauneuf de Pape. Will be improving on this concept over the next few days

Costco prime ribeye boneless steaks - $19.99/lb - I bought the cheapest package which was 2 steaks of different thicknesses. My wife prefers medium rare plus so I googled and did the sear and bake in the cast iron. Now I�ll google how to clean it because I rarely use the cast iron.
my steak was 1� and a bit too cooked at medium rare in the all-clad steel pan, just cooked stovetop.

trees
onions
hasselback potato - the crispier the better!!

Little Gem & shaved parmesan salad with dressing inspired by Via Carota.