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The Weekly Newsletter |
Menus and Stories for July 10 - 15, 2006
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| Grilled Trout with Gremolata |
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Great news! It looks like we are going to be in the September issue of Cooking Light magazine. Last week when I was in New York I got a call from Emily, our office manager. She said that their art department people needed pictures for the magazine. I was sitting in Madison Square Park at the moment, eating a burger and some fries from Danny Meyer's "Shake Shack." I leaped up and jumped around a bit with the excitement of the news. No one seemed to notice. Funny New York.
Once I made it home I got Richard to grill up some trout for me, made some quick parsley and parmesan and lemon zest mix (the "Gremolata") and snapped this picture. Who knows, it might be the shot they pick. Stay tuned.
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Mary's Blackberries |
Another sign that we're in full time summer!
Next week Mary and Pete are going to pick us a whole bunch and we'll go into "Jam Babes' Jam" production. (Another hooray!) To me there is nothing like a thick spoonful of this elixir (which we make on the tart side) slathered onto a piece of toasted sourdough bread. Soon.
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| Barry and Laura's Peas |
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Their farm is up at a higher elevation so the peas are later than most. Lucky us! Check out the deli case for some. We'll have them as often as we can. Beauties, aren't they?
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Dinners to go |
Dinners, as you know, 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 is the menu for this week:
Monday July 10 Fig and Chevre Stuffed Chicken Breast 10.25
Tuesday July 11 Moroccan Burger and Potato Artichoke Gratin 11.25
Wednesday July 12 Red Curry Beef and Glazed Carrots 11.00
Thursday July 13 Spicy Ribs with Fresh Peach Salsa 11.00
Friday July 14 Shrimp and Scallop Penne with Ricotta and Spinach 12.25
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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| Special 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, July 12
Double Tomato, Macaroni and Cheese
with Summer Peppers
Full: 29.00
Half: 14.50
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Anne's Cukes |
Another big shout for the gardens of our area. Anne showed up with these this morning and we're so happy.
We make our own pickles. Adam's "half-sours" are great. You'll find them with our sandwiches in the cafe and also on our "Southern Antipasto" assortment on parties. Ask for them next time you're in or next time you're having a party.
By the way - it seems that some people don't realize that we now have a whole bunch of seats. Come for lunch next time you're in the area. If the tables are full you can always go sit at the counters up front. That, for me, is the best spot. Terrific for watching the town go by.
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| Greens galore |
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These will be part of today's wedding set which is going to take place next to a lake near here. Seeing this box filled with such bounty, makes me very happy. (And I'm sure the guests will think so too.)
Back here Martha has been sauteing B+L's greens and sticking them up in our deli case on a regular basis, so if you're NOT invited to today's wedding, don't feel too sad. You can always find local things right here. And you don't have to wear any silly clothes!
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Happy Birthday!! |
Nineteen years ago on this day I cooked a dinner for Elizabeth Ann, my landlady. (Is there an "e" at the end of Ann or should we have left it off?) She and all her guests liked my food very much and they all said, seriously, that I should consider starting a restaurant. One of her friends loaned me a "How I Started My Own Restaurant" book and I was off and running.
It still amazes me to see how far this has all come. Who could have possibly known?
Happy Birthday my friend. Thanks for getting me going.
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| A Note From Laurey |
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July 8, 2006
Guess what? I am a new Great Aunt!!! Last week, when everyone was waiting for it to get dark so the fireworks could start, my niece Rachael and her husband Dustin were waiting for some fireworks of their own. After more hours than the rest of us had to wait, their sweet new baby boy appeared on the scene. Jones Austin Howard was a sparkler no doubt, entering our world, gracing his young family – and the extended masses – with a fat smile and a sigh of pleasure. I can’t wait to go see him. (I’ll include a picture as soon as I can get my hands on one.)
Summer rolls along in my world. Last week, giving in to a temptation I should probably have avoided for another month, I hauled out my birthday roto tiller and cleaned up one of the beds in my garden. The house is still under construction and trucks are still showing up with loads of tiles and boxes of lighting fixtures. I really should wait until they are all gone. But two weeks ago I went to the store to pick up one doorknob and staggered home with my car packed to the roof with pots and pots of brightness. (I did remember the doorknob too.)
Bright buds in pots next to a construction site are no good. They wither and sag and threaten to die. They get stepped on. They do not like it at all. So I ignored the voice that said they would just get trampled and fixed up, magazine-perfect, the bed next to the driveway. The very day after my planting frenzy it rained buckets and now everything is fabulously lush. I’m hoping that the construction folks pay attention to the very obvious new border and steer clear of my newly renovated bed.
Oh and I’ve been trying to complete my book. It’s a tricky thing, a big project. I have an editor now and am almost on the production schedule of the printer. But I’m still not quite done with the writing. Someone once told me to remember that any book is a snapshot of a moment in time. After the snapshot is taken, things will change. It’s inevitable. I can’t keep redoing the “now” portion of the book because it is very much in flux and will continue to change. I do have a bit of cleaning up of certain parts of the “then” portion to be sure. At a certain point I will have to just stop. I’m nearly there.
In some ways this is like MY child. Pretty soon it will be time to start my very own birthing process. For now, there is still a bit more time before we are both ready.
I’ll be in touch next week.
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Can you believe this dill? |
Ah Judith, keeper of what must be the area's most dazzling garden! This week she showed up with some monstrous dill, some incredible dahlias, some other oddities, and a flat of zinnias. Our tables look terrific. By the way - Jaime, our new catering director, used to work in the land of the gardens and she told me that if you put a little Sprite in the water of fresh flowers, they will last longer. Sure enough! We tried it and, when Judith came to replace last week's buds, the old ones still looked good. Ya learn something new every day!
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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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