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The Weekly Newsletter |
Menus and Stories for January 12 - 16, 2009
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| Come celebrate with us! January 20 |
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We've signed up to be an official MoveOn.org Inaugural Bash site.
You can go to their website to sign up or you can simply stop by any time on the 20th and smile with us as we celebrate our new President.
We're going to serve foods that the Obamas like (so we're told) and, at night, we'll have beer and wine and soda and "small plates" of foods available for sale too. We'll be open late that night, till around 8:30 or so.
Come. Celebrate. Whee!
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MoveOn.org Inaugural Bash |
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The Sweet Potato Queen cometh |
We all need some irreverence at this time of year, yes? Do make a plan to stop by Malaprops Bookstore this Thursday, January 15th, to meet Jill Connor Browne and "the cutest boy in the world" (her husband!) as she reads from her new book American Thighs.
As I said, I've been studying her cookbooks and am going to bring some of her favorites. (Everyone here thinks I'm crazy as I bring them recipes to try. Do you know about "Pig Candy?")
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The Sweet Potato Queens |
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| Laurey, Biker Babe |
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The third in the series of events we have coming up is the second in our series of Dinner and Conversations. Everyone had such a nice time at our "Comfort and Joy" dinner in December. They asked for more. So here we go:
We're making an All-american Buffet on Saturday, January 24th. More specifically, it is a buffet of "Southern Tier" specialties: all from states that I'm going to be riding through on my cross-country adventure this coming March and April.
Come, bring friends, enjoy the evening. I'll give you the whole menu next week but a preview is: California Baja Fish Tacos, New Mexican Hatch Chile Nachos, Real Texan Tamales, Louisiana Gumbo, Gulf Shrimp Creole from Florida and some other things too.
This event is a fundraiser for the bike ride which I'm doing for ovarian cancer. (A portion of the proceeds* from the evening will go toward my fundraising efforts.) I'm bringing my bike (mostly because it's such a pretty red thing) and will have maps and stories and, well, would love to share this adventure with you. So come, okay? Bring friends or meet some new ones here. Should be fun!
Call us to make a reservation. 252-1500. *Oh, the dinner will cost 54.00 per person and will include this nice buffet and interesting regional beverages too.
By the way - Lauren, one of the shopsters, is the photographer. Nice, eh?
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Laurey Bikes - the blog |
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Dinners to go for this week |
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 (252-0200)
or stop in to speak to one of us in person.
Dinners are ready at 4:30 and can be picked up until we close at 6:00 pm.
Monday January 12 Grilled Chicken with Fettuccine Alfredo 9.75
Tuesday January 13 Spanakopita with Greek Vegetable Salad 9.75
Wednesday January 14 Homemade Meatballs with Vodka Tomato Sauce 10.50
Thursday January 15 Lamb Kebobs with Hearty Chickpea Ragout 13.75
Friday January 16 Lemon Garlic Catfish with Wild Rice Pilaf 10.75
By the way: we're going back to our "Tuesday is Vegetarian Night" (well, except for next week with Obama's Shrimp and Grits). You've asked. We're accommodating. Now all you have to do is place your order! (252-1500) Thanks.
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| Special casserole of the week |
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We make a special casserole each Wednesday.
Give us a call on Tuesday before we close and we'll fix you up.
Order a half if you have around 4 folks, or, if you have a bigger group,
Or just like leftovers, order a full sized one.
Then come pick up between 4:30 and 6:00 on Wednesday.
Wednesday, January 14
Shrimp Scampi with Lemon Parmesan Bowtie Pasta
Full: 49.75
Half: 24.95
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My lunch! (yum) |
It's not hard to eat well when I am surrounded by so much that is so good, especially these days. And sometimes, even though I put the food on my own plate, I am so happy with my choices that I, well, want to take a picture and send it to you. (Go ahead, call me a wack-o).
Here's lunch from the other day.
Garlic-roasted broccoli (my new absolute favorite)
Marinated Winter Slaw
Winter Fruit
and Grilled Tofu
By the way, lots and lots more of you are asking for Gluten Free foods. We're listening and increasing our offerings all the time. This lunch, by the way, is all perfect for GF eaters.
Most people who are following certain eating plans find that their options are plentiful here every single day. If you have something specific you'd like us to do, ask. We'll try.
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| Making the day's wraps |
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Our vegetarian wraps start with Humus, made right here of course, and continue with fresh vegetables (roasted right here), crisp lettuce, and, oh, a tortilla wrapper.
On any given day you can find at least two options. And if you call in advance, when ordering lunch for your office, for instance, you get to choose any kind you like. BLT wraps are pretty great. Turkey (roasted right here) is a low-fat option. Chicken Caesar is a favorite too, though not the lowest in, um, good things, know what I mean?
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Cooking Classes to come |
Are you interested?
We're thinking of starting these up again and wonder if you'd like to join in.
If so, let me know. And also tell me when you might like to come.
For starters I'm thinking of this:
Learn how to make biscuits, quiche, waffles (my FAVORITE thing)
This, a hands-on class, will end with, um, brunch! Sound fun?
Would you come on a Saturday? A Sunday? Would afternoon be better? What would you like to learn? Might you be interested in a class on honey and bees (followed by a honey dinner?) How about a class and virtual trip to Tuscany? Provence? Wine and food? Basics? Market trips followed by cooking? Tell and we'll see what we can set up.
Gosh - let me know. 252-1500 or laurey@laureysyum.com
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| A Note from Laurey |
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| January 10, 2009
Still haven't gotten used to this 2009 thing. Yesterday at the bank I wrote and crossed out 2008 a bunch of times before I finally was able to write it correctly. I'm not one who slides into the new with ease.
Tomorrow is the day we will have our staff Christmas party. What? Yup! Historically we've always been too full of work and the season and such to be able to carve out time to celebrate on our own. And then we go away, close our doors and go back to our home places, wherever they are, and do the celebrate with family thing. Many of us travel and so the second weekend of January is frequently when we get back together and have time to catch our breath.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Well, actually, I have a lot to do to get ready, but that's a good thing, because these are things that need to happen. I need to vacuum. I need to pick up the yard (um, not sure that is going to happen by tomorrow), and, oh yes, I need to make my present. See, we do one of those gift exchange games except that each person, if inspired, makes something. And most of us make their present right before the party. The cool thing is how inventive people get.
We all make things to eat too. We have, on occasion, brought food in from elsewhere. And we have, a time or two, gone out. But the most fun always seems to be when we each bring a taste of something that we made. Tomorrow I'm making little hamburgers, "Sliders." We're making them for a party in a couple of weeks, see, and the idea seemed so good that I've decided that will be my contribution. So yes, I have to go to the grocery store too. Sheesh! Lots to do.
In the meantime, I'm still working on getting this body of mine into shape for my bike ride. Three thousand miles is a heck of a lot of miles. (I'll say!) Last week I rode 20 miles on Sunday. Remember how beautiful it was here? Well, the 20 miles scooted by in a zip. And, as I was pedaling, I thought about these days, these days that are coming right up, of riding all day long for that many days. 20 miles takes a bit more than an hour. At the end of my 20 mile jaunt I went home, sat in the hot tub, lazed around, puttered. I might have gone to bed early. I went to spin class on Monday and Wednesday. I worked out on Tuesday and Friday. But each of those things lasted only a couple of hours. I'm kind of sore from these days of training. But more than that I'm feeling kind of stunned about this whole adventure. In less than two months I'll be doing nothing but riding fro two whole months. Ohmygod. It's so hard to believe that I'm going to do this thing.
Okay - enough of that.
I have things to do right here, right now. Brides are beginning to drift in and I have menus to write, proposals to do. I have planning for the three parties I told you about earlier in the newsletter. There are signs to make for our tables. A delivery, later on today. No time to get caught in obsessing about mileage.
I'd better go. If I keep this up I'll scare myself too badly and there simply is no room for that.
I'll be in touch next week. See you then if not before.
Cheers,
Laurey
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A touch of Blue |
In glass blowing there is a joke that says, "If you can't make it, make it big. And if you can't make it big, make it blue."
I actually love blue glass. I'm not good enough to make anything big so that's all sort of a moot point. But I am getting better at making things that can actually stand up on their own. And my work is inching in the direction of symmetry too. And heck, as long as I don't spin them around, they actually do look pretty symmetrical.
Anyway - here's a snap of a couple of recent little vases.
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