the remaking of a kitchen

one thing i can count on when visiting sarah and david is excellent food! they both are wonderful cooks who like to work with good meat from the corner butcher combined with herbs and vegetables from their garden. the night before we left there were chicken breasts marinated with garlic and tarragon, and served with alice waters' green sauce. this was served with a yam, potato, apple roast with garlic. oh my goodness what a treat. ahhhhhh, also fresh greens with herbal garden treats and sarah's vinaigrette dressing. tara's furnished the ice cream. yum yum.
on another night we had my fave chicken stew with tomatoes, onions and raisins. delish. it's always just one treat after another!
on sunday afternoon we took a drive up the coast and had lunch in bolinas. it as a great opportunity to show siena the ocean. she loved it!!

Labels: chicken, green sauce, herbs

after seeing all the lovely california gardens i felt compelled to take a few shots of my little patches. i have some herbs growing, and some seeds planted for more herbs, like cilantro and basil. i have 3 tomato plants, 1 cherry and 2 early girls. i didn't follow the advice of my friend chauncey who always said you had the best luck if you planted early girls next to the big boys in the garden. hah! i plan to put some additional early girls by the fence we share with jordan and to try to onion sets there also. most of the flowers are in pots, but i still need to plant a few more pots and add some annuals to the two beds in the front yard.
our big deal today was getting the ducts cleaned.....an interesting process and thank goodness a short one. they were in and out of here in 45 minutes!

Labels: cherry tomatoes, early girls, herbs