|
The Weekly Newsletter |
Menus and Stories for September 20 - 25, 2004
|
|
| Ready for the hurricane |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
What's in this issue: |
1. Ready
2. What's in this issue
3. Talented individuals
4. Dinners to go
6. Casserole of the week
7. YUM!
8. A Note from Laurey
9. Pretty
If you'd rather not receive these weekly notes, simply scroll to the bottom of this page, follow the instructions about "unsubscribe" and that'll be that. |
|
|
|
|
| Talented Individuals |
|
This is Charles, one of the wonderfully friendly and talented folks who keeps this place running so well.
Charles might qualify as the most outgoing. We send him out on parties when we know the clients are particularly nervous about something. Charles, we tell them, will take care of you.
He's an accomplished waiter (which is no small thing, I tell you), knows his way around the kitchen, can take care of a long line of deli customers, and, well, puts everyone at ease.
He's still looking for his true passion. It might be teaching, it might be restaurant ownership at some point.
For now we're delighted to have him here. Look for him at a party, back in the kitchen, or skipping around the shop, regaling the gang with his enthusiasm. You really can't miss him! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The nightly dinners for the week (Call 252-1500 to order) |
Dinners-to-go are available Monday through Friday.
Here's how it works:
Just call us in the morning and we'll take your order for that night's meal. Then come back between 4:30 and 6:00 to pick up your dinner - all ready in a heatable container. Simple, yes?
Monday September 20 Spinach, Walnut, and Ricotta-stuffed Chicken 9.50
Tuesday September 21 Marinated Flank Steak and Garlic Mashed Potatoes 10.50
Wednesday September 22 Apple and Fig-stuffed Pork Tenderloin 10.25 **
Thursday September 23 Baked and Fried Chicken with Rosemary Potatoes 9.50
Friday September 24 Tuna with Olive Tapenade and Orzo 12.25
** - this means low-carb. Hope it helps you.
|
|
Dinners to go for the whole month |
|
|
| The Casserole of the Week |
|
Casseroles are made each Wednesday.
Call to order on Tuesday if you can.
Orders will be ready on Wednesday between 4:30 and 6:00.
Order a full pan for 9 (or so) or a half pan for 4 or 5.
Wednesday, September 22
Seafood Newburg
Full 45.00
Half 22.50
|
|
|
|
|
|
YUM!!! Lake Champlain Chocolates |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Lake Champlain Chocolates, our favorite, award-winning treats from my home state of Vermont, have done it again with bright, new packagaing for their incredibly delicious 5-star Bars.
Here's a thought:
Get one for today's dessert. Get another one for this weekend's hike. And pick up one more to give your sweetheart for a late night snack. You'll be VERY popular! |
|
|
|
|
|
Fall is arriving |
We're shifting our thinking these days, including more squash, pumpkins, apples, and all those delicious, cool weather things that emerge from the heat of the summer's gardens.
Stop by and see what the cooks have dreamed up today. |
|
|
|
|
| A Note from Laurey |
|
September 18, 2004
Zounds, we had another week of tempestuous weather. And once again I sit here, jotting a note, feeling graced that the worst passed us by. There is no ignoring the truth that others got slammed, however. Nature is a powerful thing and we, here, saw more than any of us could believe. I, for one, am quietly humbled by it all.
On Thursday we were braced. Since we’d had hurricane remnants just one week before, everyone got ready. Schools closed. Grocery store’s shelves emptied. The streets cleared out early. We all went to our homes and waited. It was eerily calm and dark and warm. And frightening.
We went to sleep, wondering what would happen. Would all those trees fall on the house? Would we be able to get to work? Would work have any power?
In what seemed the middle of the night the wind picked up. At first I dozed through it, but soon that became impossible. It was the oddest thing: I could hear a roar off in the distance, that, terrifyingly, came closer and closer and closer. It was the wind, huge blasts of power that slammed into the trees, screaming and yelling and bellowing in a horrifying way. My windows seemed pitifully thin. My bed, so close to them, did not feel safe. I listened as blast after blast roared through. Branches crashed. Trees creaked, moaned, cracked. The power, no surprise, went out.
On Friday morning I drove in to work. No one in my neighborhood had power. Not many people were on the streets. Trees were down, lying on power lines, across side roads. I began to feel lucky. No trees had fallen on my house or across my road. I kept driving, getting almost all the way into town before I passed anyone with power. Remarkably, the shop’s power was fine.
Gradually the staff arrived. Deb had had to weave in and out of broken trees. So had Maurie. Adam and Emily seemed shaken. The river near their house was almost as high as the bridge. Normally ten feet down, the river taunted with its power. Richard couldn’t get out of his driveway but everyone else made it. Wondering how the day would turn out, the gang went to work. It seemed like a good day for soup, and a couple of clients did not cancel their events, so we kept busy. At lunchtime the shop filled up with dazed friends who sat and quietly talked about the way of things.
I left work early, concerned about my house, not that I could do anything by being home. I just felt like being there. In the middle of the afternoon – bliss! - my power came back. It seemed like the most luxurious gift in the world. I blew out the candles, turned on a light, got up from an attempt at a nap, took a long hot shower, put on clean clothes, shared a cup of tea with my girlfriend, and said a quiet thanks for the gift of safety.
Today the sun shines here. It is clear and cool and bright but I, for one, still feel dazed. Grateful, to be sure. Yes, very grateful. |
|
|
|
|
|
A spot of sun |
| |
|
|
|
|
Contact Info: |
Laurey@laureysyum.com
828-252-1500
67 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801 |
|
|
_199x200.jpg)