End of Augst lunch

Heirloom tomatoe w
Organic egg
&Tiny tomatillo's on top
Of wild anchovis fillets
+Nicoise olives
drizzled with
Olive oil
Feel very lucky.!

She is So..

Been growing shiso plant
In my window box
During the whole summer,
It belongs to mint family
& is used extensively in
Japanese cuisine
Use it in homemade
mayonaise & it'll transform
Into mysterious dressing
For potatoesalad,
Or julienned into
Thinly sliced cucumber
Seasoned w sushi vinagre
Nice summer pickle
She s so delicious!!

Roomservice

Perfectly cooked organic
3 minute egg
W crust of bread
T start the day:
Cooking up a storm
For Guest
Chef dinner @
'Alias' tnite

Lychee season

Organic eggs are fine..
But hey
Have some
Lychee
It's that
Time of year

Sunny Side up

Woke up super early
&hungry
Rarely have bacon, but found
Some Canadian bacon in freezer
Slowly cooked w 2 organic eggs
Thrown in,till 'curling crisp'
On the edges,
After landing them on bed of
Spinach, sat down w cup of tea
To savor my Sunday morning
Eggs Sunny Side up inside
While it rains outside..

Dumpling Magic

A handful of Button&
Shitake mushrooms
Waterchestnuts,
Some garlic&ginger:
Hard t believe
How simple it is
almost
Like stopping 'time'
Concentrate
On this moment
Doing only what's
Right in front of me
Creating

Green T party

Years ago
My Japanese friend Shizuko
Introduced Maneki nekko'
To Chibi'sBar & it brought lots
Of dollars,

then during turmoil of closing
The Biz past january
My French friend Silas
Rescued& kept her safe,
So while visiting Silas new
studio in Brooklyn it was decided:
Maneki nekko' is going back home on
The L train with me:
A friend in Need
S friend in Deed
Merci!

Profiterolles&Cake

We were @ChezJosephine
Last nite,
Celebrating Tina Radziwill's birthday
Surrounded by friends& lots of
Presents
Enjoying delish dumplings(!)
Fillet Mignon or Halibut w lobsterrisotto
all the while
Champagne and wine being poured,
Tina radiant & glowing
Igniting the glimmer and glitter
On and around the table:
Tina
Happy Birthday t u !

Bike riding way o life..

Will the winners
Step forward..
Lance ur lot

Improv Bowling

John
Jumped out of the
'Building on Bond' van
& put this together in 20
Minutes tops
Endless energy attraction
Soo much fun
Thank u!

Who s next?

Saturday's block party
@Building on Bond in Brooklyn
Very entertaining with so many
Children, babies& .. Dogs
We enjoyed sidewalk grill Bar-B-Q
And
Improv Bowling Alley!!
Leave it to the Boys from
Building on Bond!

Tomatoe salad..

I left that tomatoe from the
farmersmarket ripen
& No refridge
Sliced a garlic clove really thin
Into couple o' spoonful oliveoil
On a nice dinnerplate
Then layered tomatoe into that.
Thin slices, drizzled some more
Olive oil topping it w
Beautiful salt crystals,
Crusty toasted sourdough bread:
Sit down t savor
Mouthwatering dish.

Sunny side up. .

Bought this tomatoe on sundays
farmersmarket Avenue A

Japanese Bentoboxdinners

My Guestchefdinner sold out
Again @Alias
Carefully prepared different little dishes:
Lotus&burdockroot ,hijiki, seaweedsalad
Quaileggs,pickles,mountain potatoe,
Purple shisorice and many more flavors!
&evryone loved the
raspberry&choclate desertdumpling.
My next dinner will take place
23rd august.
Love t welcome u @Alias!!

Gardenparty

Birthdays are great way
To catch up w friends
From out of town:
Franck from Paris
Accompanied me
On East 4th street,
between aveC&D:
Ny lower eastside where
Roderik Romero created oasis
Out of rubble:
We celbrated his little daughter's
Birthday among rabbits,exotic
Chickens&local live Spanish band!
All the while sipping white wine
Watching 5 year old princesses
Parading their gifts
Fab Gardenparty indeed!

Noriko's generous friendship

On the left s pix of Noriko:
She took care of Akiro
For 10 years
Her
Time&friendship w him
Came t a halt
Yesterday
She passed away
Leaving big love gap
T b
Filled