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The Weekly Newsletter |
Menus and Stories for October 11 - October 16, 2004
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| The Sky in Abiquiu |
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What |
1. A Southwestern Sky
2. What's in this issue
3. Clouds
4. Dinners to go
6. Casserole of the week
7. YUM!
8. A Note from Laurey
9. Down on Earth
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| On top of "Kitchen Mesa" |
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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 Oct. 11 Rosemary Chicken Almandine 9.50 **
Tuesday Oct. 12 Low-country Shrimp and Grits 12.00
Wednesday Oct. 13 Zesty Flank Steak with Stuffed Potatoes 10.50
Thursday Oct. 14 Old-Fashioned Meatloaf with Roasted Vegetables 10.00
Friday Oct. 15 Grilled Halibut and Fresh Mango Salsa 12.25
** - this means low-carb. Hope it helps you.
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Dinners to go for the whole month |
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| The Casserole of the Week (for two weeks) |
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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, October 13
Chicken Marbella with Wild Rice
Full 33.50
Half 16.75 |
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Looking West - "Pedernales" |
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| Yum! |
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Sarabeth's Blood Orange Marmalade is back!!!
This absolutely fabulous spread is here just in time for fall mornings. Made with Blood Oranges, which gives it a tinge of beautiful red, this is truly one of our favorite jams, preserves, spreads, marmalades - you name it.
We also have Billy's Blues. Both are quite delicious!
Award-winning? Yup! |
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A Different Terrain - "Plaza Blanca" |
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| A Note from Laurey |
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October 6, 2004
Well, this is the first time I am devoting most of this newsletter to things outside of the shop. But I have just come home from a spectacular week in the southwest and I’d like to share some pictures and stories with you. (I’ll get back to food and local things next week – I have a LOT to tell about them – but for now, wander with me for a short time. I’ll make sure you get home safely.)
Chris and I traveled to the high mountains outside Santa Fe last week. Though our original plan was to drive to the beach, this seemed liked a more remote and unusual destination, so those mountains is where we ended up. The air is so clear there, the rocks so elegant, the breeze so fresh. Sure the area has its challenges – not really enough water, too much building, crowded roads, those kinds of things. But we were on vacation and so those problems fell away.
Our little round house had been handmade by our landlady. The inside walls were actual adobe – a first for my eyes - with bits of straw sticking out. The roof and floors were made of fat slabs of red rock. The outside walls were plump, stacked rocks. So for one whole week we lived on the other side of the Chama River, well within view of Georgia O’Keefe’s old stomping grounds. Being there it was clear that she merely painted what she saw – big puffs of fat white clouds reflecting pink sandstone or grey cliffs or brown land. If we drove south, we passed the spot where Ansel Adams photographed “Moonrise over Hernandez.” We were in that land for the nights around the full moon. Clean light poured in our windows after the sun sank. When the moon was not visible, the Milky Way filled the sky. It was amazing.
We hiked some. I went to the end of my very first “box canyon.” You hike and hike and hike and then, at the end, there is a wall and you can’t go any further. “This,” said Chris, “is a box canyon.”
Ah!
One day we made it to the top of Kitchen Mesa, a towering flat-topped slab behind some of the buildings at Ghost Ranch. At one point a hiker needs to squiggle up a “chimney” straddling slabs of rock, hoisting oneself up and up and – unh! – over a ledge. All this a thousand feet off the valley floor! The view from the top made it all worth the effort as the mountains spread out for miles and miles. We could see yesterday’s box canyon, tomorrow’s "Plaza Blanca" - a curious conglomeration of white temple-like formations. Our little Adobe house hid, tucked in behind one of those round brown knobs to the south. And, best of all, we had the entire mesa to ourselves.
We drove to town and dined out a number of times, though, in my opinion, the best meal was Chris's grilled vegetables and sausages right at our little home. Our wood fire took some time to light because the wind from the west was persistent, but so were we – and the result was perfection.
After our days in the rocks, our time in Santa Fe were kind of a shock. What had once, on a prior visit, seemed rustic and quiet, felt crazy: bustling and loud and pushy. I wanted to go back to the rock, the sky, the quiet. We ventured up into the Santa Fe mountains a bit and they were nice, though I think that, on a return trip, we’d probably just skip all that and go right back to the rocks.
Thankfully, it is always nice to come home to the lush folds of these beautiful mountains. This is a good place to call home. I love going away – especially with such a special new person – but I am always glad to come home. Always.
Thanks for all your very sweet notes and calls and thoughts of congratulations. I feel very happy, very lucky, and truly blessed.
By the way – the gang at work is gearing up for a Pumpkin Carving contest in a couple of weeks. I’ll tell you all about it in my next newsletter. The best part of all is that you get to be the judge(s). Sounds fun, right?
Take care – and, before I forget - do come get some soup. We’ve got a pot of some fall flavors all ready for you. Yum!
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In Balance |
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Contact Info: |
Laurey@laureysyum.com
828-252-1500
67 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801 |
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