good mornings.

it’s technically the afternoon and i’m focused on non-recipe parts of my reality today. which means, for you, the following:

1. there are photos of some of the courses from last night’s feast available at http://somethingconstructive.net/photos/squash/

2. the final menu opened with vietnamese-style salad rolls, filled with lightly sauteed red kuri squash and freshly grated golden beets, nash’s best carrots, asian pear, and mizuna. george concocted a parsley-mizuna pesto (with a sunflower seed base) for dipping alongside. scott managed bickering pots of lemoned whey, gingered coconut milk, softly sauteed red scallions, and baked lower salmon river squash to a smooth and delicious soup. the main course of carnival squash gnocchi floated to the top and was sauced with curried red chard and freshly pressed and curdled paneer*. for dessert, jess filled delicata squash dinghys with a paste of butter, medjool dates, and cardamon. four squashes as promised, silencing dissent and opposition that it could not be done.

3. for next week, since i anticipate enough prandial joy in the second fortnight of this month, i invite you all to come for a cooking-less cooking class and a dinner-less party. that is to say, and evening of meditation and giving thanks, regardless of your tradition or accent. we can sit in silence for a time, and then share a little of what we are all thankful for.

Tuesday, November 18th.

6-7:30pm in silence (you don’t have to be there the whole time)

7:30pm for thanks and snacking

I hope you can make it. Let me know and I’ll send you the secret location. Of course, there will be food provided — i won’t be able to help myself — but the focus will be on the thanks and the giving, so you have the actual holiday to dedicate to the glory of the food…

together,

ankurbhai