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The Weekly Newsletter |
Menus and Stories for January 19 - 23, 2009
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| It's almost time!!! |
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Oh I can hardly wait. I mean, I know it's unrealistic to think that it's all going to change and be fixed and the sun will shine and it'll be warm and the unemployment numbers will go down and the economic outlook will go up.
BUT!
I'm so excited.
Come celebrate with us.
All day long.
Obama favorite foods.
Best of all? No gigantic DC crowds!
MoveOn.org party at night (check in with Moveon.org)
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The "Skyscraper" |
Our chef is a hoot. We in the office feel it's our duty to keep him on his toes. He comes to see us, asks us what we want, and - tra la! - makes it!
I'm fond of his French Toast. Emily prefers his bacon biscuit. He's very versatile. If you don't see it, well, don't let that stop you. Order anyway. He'll comply.
And, we're thinking of being open on Sundays for breakfast. Is this something you'd like us to do? If we get a wild response we'll try it out. I mean, we like our quiet Sundays as much as anyone, but we also love to cook and we like you very much and we have this sunny spot and, well, let me know.
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| Cooking Classes |
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A lot of you wrote saying that you'd like to come for cooking classes. (Frankly, I was surprised at how many of you wrote. Thanks!)
Here's how we're going to start.
Each series will have 3 classes. They will be on Tuesday nights, right here. I will teach the first three and my chef, Chris, will do the other three (I'll be on my bicycle in March but will return to the kitchen when I get back in May.)
How's this sound?
Series One - taught by Laurey
February 10 - Comfort Casseroles
February 17 - Favorites from my Travels in Tuscany
February 24 - Elsie's Biscuits, Shrimp Tempura and more from my beginnings
Series Two - taught by Chef Chris Higgins
March 3 - Classic Soups from scratch
March 10 - Sauces - all the basic ones
March 17 - Quick and delicious Entrees
There will be room for up to 12 people in each class. You may sign up for just one, but don't you think it'd be fun to take the whole series?
We'll include wine, printed recipes, demonstrations of everything, and a meal's worth of tastes of everything that is made. Oh, and a Don't Postpone Joy mug!
Call 252-1500 or e-mail me: laurey@laureysyum.com
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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 19 Five Spice Orange Chicken with Sesame Noodles 10.25
Tuesday January 20 Shrimp and Grits (One of Obama's favorites!) 10.75
Wednesday January 21 Glazed Pork Chops with Winter Vegetables 11.75
Thursday January 22 Meatloaf with Haricots Verts and Mashed Potatoes 11.00
Friday January 23 Crabcakes with Warm Dilled Cole Slaw13.25
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Our website |
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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 21
Chicken and Sausage Paella
Full: 34.95
Half: 17.50
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A new date for our party |
You know, the excitement about the inauguration has all of us going so full out that we felt it prudent to move the bike celebration/dinner and conversation. So instead Saturday, January 24th, we've decided to do a Mardi Gras party/send-off for the bike ride in February. (I start riding on March 6th!)
Mark your calendars for Friday night, February 20. We'll have a fun time here, a real party with lively Cajun music. Zippy Cajun Food, King Cakes (if you are the one who gets the hidden baby you get the party for free!) and all sorts of N'Awlins yums. (Might even get a couple of New Orlean's chefs to come here with their special gumbo.)
And have a terrific time this week, giving our new President and country's new direction the full attention that both deserve.
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Laurey Bikes - the blog |
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| Nothin' a little sugar won't cure |
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I don't know about you, but a whole piece of cake is, well, a real commitment, not to mention too MUCH of one. A cupcake is much more like it. You can hold it in your hand. You can eat it in a few bites. You don't need to feel guilty when you've finished. It's just enough to take the edge off your sweet needs.
We have 'em every day.
(Isn't that nice to know?)
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Monsieur Henri |
And all of a sudden he can sit up!
He's so enchanted with this discovery that he sits in his "pack and play" rocking and giggling. We, in our not quite as much fun office chairs, rock and giggle right along with him.
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| A Note from Laurey |
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| January 17, 2009
BRRRR!!! It's chilly around here these days. Yesterday I went up the street to get my hair cut and about FROZE on the way past the BB+T building. It's height creates one of those wind canyons and by the time I had pulled myself by, my face was stinging, covered by tears. I was not sad - just cold and wind whipped.
I AM lucky because I have a little woodstove at home and so, most nights I head right for it, lighting a fire immediately, stopping to take off my coat only after the first round of wood has caught. As the evening progresses I shed layers, but at the start it is COLD inside my little cabin. Cold.
This week, this past week, was quite special in an unexpected way. We were invited to bring some food for Jill Connor Browne's newest Sweet Potato Queen book. We got Jaime to pour the wine and our kitchen gang made and presented some foods from her Sweet Potato Queen Big Ass Cookbook and Financial Planner. "Pig Candy." "Queen of the Night" Salsa. Fine foods, both. High end. Well, highly enjoyed. I hung around out of curiosity, intrigued to see who this person was who had so successfully penned these outrageous books.
The books are silly. Funny. Irreverent. But there is also an undertone, well MORE than an undertone, of sincerity, in her words. She's had a hard time but she's figured a way out of turmoil and difficulty. She's found a way to bring silliness and humor to her life. And she's come up with a way to spread it out to others too.
I, along with the others, found myself getting drawn in, leaning closer and closer, willing myself to be as much of a sponge as I could, letting her words soak in, stick to me. She's a lovely person and had much to say, much to share. Oh, don't get me wrong, she was funny too, and she attracts quite feather and sequin-clad crowd. But underneath it all, her truth shone through.
Also this week the child of a friend of mine died. I knew this girl. I've known her parents for a long time. I know her brother. I see them all on a regular basis. And now, just like that, this child is no longer with us. Last week she was. Now she isn't. This is not the way things are supposed to be. But also this was the week when that plane managed to land on top of the water in New York. Everyone lived. No one got hurt. That is a miracle. What is balance? A planeful of people all live and a child doesn't? How can we understand these things?
Jill Connor Browne is traveling through Texas and Oklahoma and the south this week. I'm staying here, getting ready to celebrate our new President and trying to understand the death of a child. I breathe in, not sure what else to do. I breathe out. On it goes.
I'll be in touch next week.
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The cutest boy in the office |
Henry is going to start going to day care pretty soon. (Oh our little sweetie pie is growing up!) What a delight it has been to have had him here. He'll still stop in, of course, but I suspect things will change a bit once he starts meeting people and making his way in the world.
(Wait - I'm getting ahead of myself...)
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