2-7-16 Chinese New Year Dim Sum

It's the year of the Fire Monkey! BYOB, I recommend beer! Shenanigans promised.
5 small plates for $30, my place at 6:00

Hot and sour soup with shiitakes and spring onions

Scallion pancake with dipping sauce and red cabbage-pickled garlic slaw

Roasted chestnuts, parsnips, and tofu with chili and fermented black bean in a lettuce cup with fried vermicelli

Spicy rice cakes with sautéed greens, egg, and peanut

Sesame lace cookie bowl with coconut-vanilla ice-cream and caramel

Lactose free, can be made gluten free on request
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Dinner 1-30-16

Cocktail welcome:
Dark and Stormies with fresh ginger, San Pellegrino Limonata, dark rum
Crusty bread with two spreads: harissa-cilantro-peanut and roasted garlic-almond-lemon

Dinner courses:
Orange and rose marinated beets on arugula with pistachios and oven-roasted chickpeas

Mushroom-walnut bastilla with mint sauce, apricot-pumpkin seed quinoa, roasted carrots and parsnips

Lemon basil tart and coconut whipped cream

*This meal is lactose free, but it cannot be made gluten-free
*6:45 at my lovely friend Bekah's house, $30
*Bring a bottle to share
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Brunch 1-17-16

Hello everyone! Let's make the first meal of 2016 a relaxed one at my place... Can't wait to see you!

Sunday morning, 11 am, 2 small plates, $20, coffee and mimosas included

Sweet corn pancakes with baked brie, green tomato marmalade, spicy syrup, and a side of fruit salad.

Turnip green and caramelized onion frittata with goat cheese and herbs, home-made sunflower-almond bread with avocado butter

This meal is gluten-free. It can be lactose free upon request.

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Dinner 8-15-15

Black eyed pea fritters with blueberry-tamarind sauce, chili-lime-cilantro slaw

Nigerian peanut chowder with sweet potato, spinach, green onions.

Tomatoes three ways: curry fried cherry, yellow pear mint-coconut chutney, garam masala brandywine sauce, served with amaranth-polenta cakes, sauteed kale, poached egg

Chocolate truffle cake with fresh raspberries and coconut

7pm, BYOB, $25-40 sliding scale, some back alley in Bayview

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Kate will get back to you by sending you an email from yummyaskrak@gmail.com

Dinner 7-18-15

Snap peas with beets, pea tendrils, pickled garlic, chili, lime

Hot and sour soup with kaffir lime, tomatoes, fresh shiitakes, cilantro

Green coconut curry with fresh herbs, spinach, sweet corn, fried tofu, red rice

Cashew custard with salted caramel sauce in a black sesame lace cookie bowl

6pm, BYOB, $25-40 sliding scale, some back alley in Bayview

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Kate will get back to you by sending you an email from yummyaskrak@gmail.com

Gypsy Dinner 6-27-15

I always think of my little laboratory of a kitchen as a gypsy wagon. There are pots and pans hanging from the walls, colorful chachkis from adventures here and there, and small natural wonders collected from the lakes and forests line my shelves. This summer I'm growing a lot of vegetables, and we will definitely have some basil and arugula by this time in June to share... maybe fresh snap peas! This menu combines the best of early summer with the cuisines of North Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. The summer season has begun, let's toast to outdoor dining! Check it out and spread the word!

Green lentil soup with peas, spinach, caramelized carrots, roasted cumin and coriander, cilantro, fresh lemon

Arugula, roasted eggplant, pickled labneh, red onion, pomegranite, smoked tahini maple dressing

Mazza plate: beet hummus with spicy pepitas; quinoa with caramelized onions, apricots, and almonds; fresh fava bean and cucumber salad with mint, grilled flatbread with sumac and sesame.

Lemon basil tart with coconut whipped "cream"

7pm, BYOB, $25-40 sliding scale, some back alley in Bayview

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Kate will get back to you by sending you an email from yummyaskrak@gmail.com

Pictures: The 2015 Season Thus Far!

Thank you everyone for being my guests! Hope to see you all soon!