June Swoon

We need a "dine in the garden" menu.....I spent Sunday cooking individual dishes like mad and racing back and forth to the admittedly lovely people playing croquet and hanging in the garden. Sorry to have lost the thread with deliveries, etc!

Menu 1 June

Wilson Ranch spring lamb Moroccan-style stew (orange peel, olives, eggplant, etc)

Pork chile verde $10 per quart

Cumin/cashew crusted roast loin of pork $10 (about 2#)

Boeuf bourguignon (from tri-tip!!) $12 quart

Chicken mole. Hecho in casa, no chocolate, Tepotzlan style $6

Mary's organic chicken curry $9 (two servings)

Wilson Ranch free range Coq au Vin $22 (half chicken, one bottle of cabernet!)

Mary's organic chicken Marsala with Yukon gold mashed potatoes $10

Confit of Grimaud Farms Muscovy duck with white bean cassoulet $10

Hawaiian style poke (ahi tuna) with seaweed salad and soba noodles $8

Ahi tuna steak, grilled rare with mango chutney $18 per pound

Monterey Bay wild fresh salmon $16 per pound. Nobu marinade. Or not.

Amanda’s cold smoked Monterey Bay salmon $12 for 200 grams (a lot)

Monterey Bay halibut filet or OraKing salmon (poached in duck fat) with white bean salmon and halibut cassoulet $10

Monterey halibut filet is $16 per pound….Nobu marinade is free, or you can mess with it yourself!

Halibut fish and no chips! Panko crusted, fried. $16 per pound

Two Borschts! Coke Farm roasted beets vegan borscht or beef shank borscht $4 pt

Roasted Borba Farm cauliflower with Schoch Junipero cheese and yoghurt, Muia extra virgin Carmel Valley Village olive oil $5

Amanda’s kale salad with her amazing sesame dressing $5

Cachagua Store beet salad with coconut/chevre dressing $5

Hog Farm organic brussels sprouts with Nueske's bacon and Han Kook Market kim chee $8

Cheese and mac Lokal-style $4 
Jane Flower romaine lettuce as Cachagua Caesar (with Momie's dressing) or with Juan's cassis vinaigrette $4 (The lettuce is free, you pay for the dressing).

Strawberry/Rhubarb compot with Carl's cake or

Carl Muia olive oil cake with Valrhona white chocolate crema inglese and Esther Vasquez strawberries $5

Special! Half bottle of Heller '09 Late Harvest Riesling $10
Fred Minnazoli cherries.....Brooks and Tartarian, some Rainier $6 a quart

We always have Linda Wilson's farm fresh eggs for $7 a dozen and Nueske's amazing bacon for $10 per pound; Corralitos sausages (cheesy Bavarian, linguica, coarse grind German, kobasica) $2 each

Sides: butter roasted Yukon gold potatoes, basmati rice, wild rice $1, Hog Farm asparagus $3 half bunch