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The Weekly Newsletter |
Menus and Stories for February 13 - 18, 2006
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| Valentine's Day Dinner to Go - last chance |
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Valentine's Day is on a Tuesday this year. Not exactly a stellar dining out night, is it? If I were you, I'd want to stay home, light a fire, bring home a nice dinner (hint, hint) and settle in. How 'bout it?
We've extended the deadline. Call by noon on Monday and we'll set you up for an easy dinner on the big day. 252-1500.
Special Valentine’s Day Dinner to Go
Tuesday, February 14
At the start:
Lump North Carolina Crab Cakes with Dijon Cream
The Salad:
Caesar Salad with Organic Hearts of Romaine
and Shaved “Grana Padano”
Elsie’s Sour Cream Biscuits
with “Jam Babe’s” Blackberry Jam
The Dinner:
Chicken “Picatta”
with Bone-in Chicken Breast
Wild Mushroom Risotto
The Dessert:
A Chocolate Extravaganza: A trio of chocolate
Chocolate Heart Cakes with a Chocolate Ganache
Chocolate-dipped Strawberries
and White Chocolate Truffles
The price per person is 21.50
Add a bottle of Spanish “Cava” for 10.00
(like champagne but from a different country)
Dinners will be ready for you to pick up on the 14th between 4:30 and 6:00
Thanks!
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The Bee's Knees |
I told you about our new honey fellow last week.
As promised, he brought in a sampling of his beautiful jars with their delicious "Spicewood Farms" honeys. Black Locust or Tulip Poplar. The heart -shaped ones will be a perfect Valentine's gift, if you still need one.
He brought tiny jars and bigger ones. I can't decide which is my favorite. Each shape is available with both types of honey, by the way. I think that a sampler of two would be a fine thing for a chilly Sunday. Hot coffee. New York Times. Toast. And Honey. Yup.
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| Oh those cookies! |
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I heard a nice bit the other day. Brad is one of our customers - a regular. He's a very tall man. He once was an NBA player. I enjoy talking to him because I have to bend my head way back to look at him. He's a sweet fellow, tall as he is. A gentle soul.
Well, he told me that he travels all over the world (I'll bet!) and that ours are the very best Oatmeal Raisin cookies he's ever had - anywhere! (Okay - I guess they don't have many oatmeal-raisin cookies in every other place all over the world, but I thought it was a nice thing to hear anyway.)
Melissa's day consists of a LOT of cookies. Have you tried one of the Chocolate Screams? Oh my. Chocolate. Chocolate. And MORE chocolate. If you are a chocolate LOVER, these are for you.
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Dinners to go |
Dinners come with a freshly-made green salad, salad dressing of the day, and made-right-here bread of the day. We take reservations until noon or so. Please order by phone (252-1500), by FAX (252-02002) or stop in to speak to one of us in person.
Here's this week's menu:
Monday February 13 Chicken Paprikash 10.00
Tuesday February 14 Valentine’s Dinner to Go
Wednesday February 15 Rosemary Dijon Lamb Chops 12.50
Thursday February 16 Home-style BBQ Ribs with Succotash 10.75
Friday February 17 Laurey’s Crab Cakes 11.50
By the way, every time you order a dinner to go you are eligible to enter our drawing. Just drop a card in our drawing jar (a business card works or fill out one of the cards that we have right here) and, at the end of the month, we'll pull one card which will be good for two free dinners-to-go. Inaugurated a few months ago, our first winner was delighted! Maybe you'll win next month.
Order a lot? Enter a lot!
Good luck!!
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| Casserole of the Week |
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We make a special casserole each week on Wednesday. Please give us a call by the end of the day on Tuesday and we’ll fix yours for you. Come by between 4:30 and 6:00. Get a half (for 4 appetites) or a full sized pan (for 9 or so.)
Wednesday, February 15
Sausage, Spinach, and Ricotta Lasagna
Full: 35.
Half: 17.50
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New Faces - a correction |
In my haste last week, I misspelled our newest shopster. This is Riana. (not Briana)
So sorry!
Do come by and say hi to the smiliest gal we have here. If you're so inclined, ask her about her studies. Political Science and Philosophy. I think she's going to be a lawyer someday. For now, we get her!
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| One of my favorite salads |
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Kether calls this Israeli couscous. I call it delicious.
The specifics change a bit, depending on what is in our supply, but generally there will be fruit and a light oil and vinegar dressing. The cous cous is a bigger shape than normal, and it is fun to eat. (Kids seem to love it, though don't feel that they are the only ones who do.)
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And another one |
This is a Corn and Broccoli Heart Salad. I really like it too. On a good day I'll have a taste of each of these two, along with six or seven others. My sisters and I LOVE buffets, and it gives me particular pleasure to be able to step to the back side of our deli case and have a taste of many different things. It's like having a buffet in my own home. Almost.
Don't feel left out. You can do the same thing. Just request "A Taste of Each" and our shopsters will give you a sample of any of the day's offerings. And, if you just want one whole plate of one thing, we can do that too. (We're flexible and try not to be too opinionated about these things.)
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| A Note From Laurey |
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Hi all.
It’s a grey, rainy day here. No sign of the piles of snow that were predicted. (I swear, when I grow up I’m going to be a weather forecaster!) At my house there was a very light dusting, enough for the ground to be almost white. Here, at work, we have nothing. For about one minute earlier there was a brief swirl of fat flakes, but it soon passed and here we are. No sledding. No skiing. No fun.
We’re gearing up for Valentine’s Day around here. I’m always ready, actually. My life is filled with red things. Right now I can see a shiny red cabinet which is where we store our extra paper. I have a collection of red pottery right behind my desk. My wallet is red and it, too is on my desk. (I just had to pay a bill and I haven’t put it away yet.) My camera case is red. And on it goes. If its red, I’ll probably like it. So now, nearly Valentine’s Day, when everything is red, I am filled with it and feel happy, in a stupid sort of way, about it all.
I had an interesting week with a glimpse at this and that, a class, a speech, an opening. Early in the week I spent one afternoon doing a comparative tasting with the brave folks who serve the children in the local school cafeterias. I felt sort of silly, since my clients and theirs are so different. But food is a universal language, bridging many gaps, and I think my new friends enjoyed the different tastes I shared with them. The roasted purple potatoes got the biggest response.
The next day I gave an early morning talk to some local business folks. They listened to my telling of my story, the “how did a Vermonter get to North Carolina and how did this crazy business come to be?” spiel. I was at work that day by 8:30, filled with someone else’s coffee, someone else’s breakfast food, and ready to get to the day’s tasks.
Yesterday I got to witness the ribbon cutting for our new Chamber of Commerce building. I’ve been a distant part of this building for a long time, voting to go ahead with the capital campaign, voting to sign the contract to build it, weighing in on this and that consideration. Next year I’ll get to hoist the gavel in the new board room. But yesterday was the first glimpse I’ve had of this gorgeous place. With an unobstructed view of the mountains in the west, the new welcome center is a gigantic improvement over the place the staff had been crammed into in years past. As the scissors cut through the ribbon, I felt a thrill of pleasure at all the possibilities.
And then I went off to the glass studio and messed around with some new colors I just bought, played with some new shapes that I had imagined in the days since my last foray with that magical material. In a little while I’ll go pick up my new pieces, and start dreaming of the next ones.
Today is a good day for me. I hope it is for you too. If not, come get a cookie and let all that other stuff float away.
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True, true, true.
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Contact
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Laurey's "Gourmet Comfort Food"
Eat In - Take Out - Catering
67 Biltmore Avenue Asheville, NC 28801
828-252-1500
Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:00 - 6:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 - 4:00 pm
"Don't Postpone Joy!"(tm)
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