July 13, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Lunch - Sashimi. Dinner - Sashimi

July 13, 2026 Breakfast - Granola. Lunch - Sashimi. Dinner - Sashimi

I woke up at 8:00 and ate granola with milk, yogurt, and blueberries.

Then at 11:15 I started preparing lunch of sashimi. I had invited Henry for lunch at 12:00.

I cooked a cup of sushi rice by adding 1/2 tsp. of dehydrated dashi, two tablespoons of rice vinegar, twenty tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of Chinese rice cooking wine, and some dried seaweed to two cups of water and when it came to a simmer in added one cup or rice.

I thawed five scallops and then peeled and sliced 1/4 cucumber into thin slices and then a five ounce tuna steak, a 9 oz. Salmon fillet Filet, and finally the thawed scallops on a platter.

I also put pickled ginger and pickled daikon and Korean basil into bowls and filled the soy Pitcher and two bowls with Soy. I also fetched the fresh wasabi and the normal wasabi made from powdered wasabi and quartered several cherry tomatoes.

When Henry arrived at noon I fetched a beer for him and made a mug of Green tea for me and served bowls of steaming sushi rice with its distinctive slightly sweet vinegary flavor.

After we ate all we could eat there was still a lot of sashimi left, so I covered the platter with Saran and put it in the fridge.

When Suzette arrived she was hungry and tired and Druid not want to cook,  I showed her the already cut platter of sashimi and she immediately agreed to eat it for dinner. She peeled and sliced the remaining 1/6 of the cucumber and the remaining four cherry tomatoes.  

I fetched the wasabi and pickled vegetables and we filled dipping bowls with soy and ate there remaining sashimi and vegetables for dinner.

Suzette drank French Sauvignon Blanc wine and I drank more green tea.

The total cost for the seafood for both meals was $13 or $14 dollars.

After dinner we watch the Antiques Roadshow from Iowa and shared the last slice of lemon tiramisu.

At 7:45 Suzette drove to Willy’s casita and watered his plants.

When she returned we watched the second hour of Roadshow and went to bed at 9:00.

The most interesting thing that occurred today was I decision from a Florida federal District Court judge that said the settlement signed by DOJ in the case Trump brought against the IRS could not be enforced in federal court because it was not a legal controversy. She also found Trump’s two attorneys, including acting AG Todd Blanche, in contempt. and referred them to disciplinary review by their respective bar associations and asked the judges and attorneys who filed briefs opposing the sham settlement to submit a bill for their time.

In other words Trump and his attorneys got hammered for bringing a case without merit and Trump and his family can be audited by the IRS  in the future.

Todd Blanche goes before the Senate tomorrow for confirmation as AG. This decision should generate some interesting questions. 

With the resumption of hostilities over the weekend in the Iran War, oil spiked 9% and the Straits of Hormuz are again closed and the Market cratered and I lost almost all I gained on Friday.

Bon Appetit

July 12, 2026 Breakfast - Pain au Chocolate. Lunch - Croissants, Spanakopita, and Grape Suzette Salad. Dinner - Sautéed Salmon, Squash Casserole, and Fresh cherry tomatoes

July 12, 2026 Breakfast - Pain au Chocolate. Lunch - Croissants, Spanakopita, and Grape Suzette Salad. Dinner - Sautéed Salmon, Squash Casserole, and Fresh cherry tomatoes

I watched Stage 9 of the Tour and ate a Pain au chocolate with a cup of chai with collagen.

Then we rolled up the rug that was laid out flat in the sun

Suzette went next door and asked Devon, our neighbor, to help us move the rug into the dining room after she moved the dining room table and chairs out and we rolled up the old rug and moved it into the living room.

Devon is strong and he and Suzette were able to carry the new rug into the dining room and position it and then moved the dining room table back into the dining room. After he left we carried the dining room chairs back to the dining table.

Then we began to prepare lunch for Debbie.  I sliced a lot of green and red grapes in half. Then Suzette brought me a basket of tarragon from the garden and I pulled the leaves from the stalks.

Then I grated 1 1/2 cups of Parmesan cheese while Suzette infused some olive oil with basil and picked fresh lettuce from the garden.

Suzette’s Grape Suzette salad combines red and green grapes with tarragon and grated Parmesan cheese drizzled with infused olive oil on a bed of lettuce.

We also heated two of the Le Quiche croissants and tree squares of Diane’s homemade Spanakopita in the oven.

I made a cheese platter by placing a round of brie in a round platter and surrounded it with fig and olive crackers and thin slices of baguette toasted and buttered.

When Debbie came Suzette filled pasta bowls with Grape Suzette Salad and small plates with a square of Spanakopita. We each took a toasted croissant half. 

I had chilled a bottle of Kirkland Chablis Premier Cru because that was the only Chardonnay we had and poured glasses of it.

We carried our salads and glasses to the table in the garden and Suzette fetched the croissants and spanakopitas.

We ate a pleasant lunch and were full before we ever got to the cheese or dessert, which was planned to be baklava and tiramisu.

Ruth came by around 12:30 and said hello.

When Debbie and Ruth left around 1:00 I read a pleading and rested and blogged about yesterday’s meals.

Then around 3:30 we watched several more episodes of Five Star Weekend with Jennifer Garner.

Around 5:00 we decided to sauté salmon filets and serve them with the zucchini and yellow squash casserole seasoned with pesto and garnished with grated Gruyere cheese Suzette made yesterday. The fresh squash casserole was lovely, even if the pesto flavor overwhelmedi the dish.

Suzette also sliced about 8 cherry tomatoes. The squashes and tomatoes were all grown in the garden at the Center.

After dinner we watched Ms. Fisher and then rode our bikes to Willy’s so Suzette could water his plants.

We will probably ride over every evening this week to water his plants.

He called later to thank us from San Diego.

Suzette went to bed at 8:00 and I stayed up to watch Grantchester and then went to bed at 9:00 to blog this entry after a pleasant day of food and activity.

I am finding that I am returning to eating less. I wonder if it will continue.

Bon Appetit

July 11, 2026 Snack, Breakfast - Fried Eggs over easy with sautéed potato and steak. Lunch - Vietnamese Chicken soup with Wontons and rice noodles. Dinner - Mediterranean meal brought by Jim and Dian

July 11, 2026 Snack, Breakfast - Fried Eggs over easy with sautéed potato and steak. Lunch - Vietnamese Chicken soup with Wontons and rice noodles.  Dinner - Mediterranean meal brought by Jim and Diane

I ate a Pain au Chocolate with a cup of chai when I woke up and watched a few minutes of Stage 8 of the Tour de France, a flat stage up the Dordogne River east from Bordeaux to Bergerac.

At 8:00 we rode bikes to the Farmers’ Market to buy three Le Quiche croissants 

Then at 8:30 Suzette sautéed Diced baked potatoes with the diced leftover steak. At 9:00 Willy arrived and Suzette fried eggs over easy and served them on a bed of sautéed potato and steak.

When we drove Willy to his airplane fight to LA to see Luke and then tomorrow to travel to San Diego for a one week GIS conference.

We then drove to Smith’s where we bought a tuna steak and two salmon fillets, green and red grapes, cilantro, milk, bagels, and chicken thighs.

Then we drove to Michael’s and selected a mat and frame for the new Japanese woodcut we bought last weekend.

When we returned home I heated the Vietnamese wonton chicken soup broth, added water and chicken broth plus Yu Choy stems, chicken, dumplings, and a bundle of rice vermicelli.  Then when it began to simmer I added the diced green Yu Choy leaves and some cilantro plus the wheat noodles, roasted pork. and leftover wontons from the restaurant’s soup. I sliced two green onions into thin ringlets and tore 1/4 cup of cilantro leaves with which Suzette and I garnished our bowls of soup. 

Then at 3:00 we watched  the World Cup quarter final between Norway and England. Norway found hard but England had a deeper bench and an extra man and won 2 to 1.

At 7:00 Jim and Diane brought lots of Mediterranean food, chicken and lamb kebabs, Greek salad, homemade Spanikopia, pitas, tzatziki, peppers, and baklava.

We ate and watched the Argentina v, Switzerland quarter final that Argentina won 3 to 1. This set up a battle of the favorites for the semi-finals of England v. Argentina and France v. Spain next week.

We served homemade limoncello with baklava for dessert that Diane really liked and Jim drank several beers while Suzette and I drank the Albariño they brought for my 80th.

It was a lot of food and we said goodnight when the match ended at 10:00 when they left three squares of Spanokopita and a triangle of baklava.

We then went to bed after an active day with over 4200 steps and lots of food.

Bon Appetit

July 10, 2026 Breakfast - Pain au Chocolate. Lunch - Chicken BLT Dinner Grilled T-bone, Candied Carrots, Baked Potato, and Sautéed Mushrooms

July 10, 2026 Breakfast - Pain au Chocolate. Lunch - Chicken BLT  Dinner Grilled T-bone, Candied Carrots, Baked Potato, and Sautéed Mushrooms

Another good day of food and in the Market. I love when so many things go well.

Around 7:45 I ate a Pain au chocolate with a latte macchiato with collagen, which is making me feel better.

Then we did a zoom appointment with a sleep disorder doctor.

I did not sleep well last night and so I rested most of the today.

At noon we decided to make chicken BLT sandwiches for lunch. We fried bacon until crisp. Suzette sliced breast meat and two tomatoes she brought home from the garden at the center.

Suzette went to the garden and picked fresh lettuce and sliced four slices of Le Quiche Whole wheat bread. I spread Mayo on the toasted bread and we each made our own sandwiches stacking slices of tomato, chicken, lettuce, and finally bacon. I ate a few Japanese pickled cucumber, scallion, and red cabbage with my sandwiches.  We shared a Bohemia.

Then at 1:00 I watched The World Cup quarterfinal between France and Belgium.

At half time I checked my portfolio and confirmed that it had had a super day, increasing 1.87% to within approximately 2.8% of my all time high.

Then I rested and suffered some diarrhea from the Mexican food I ate yesterday.

I drank a tonic water with lime juice in the afternoon and felt better.

Then around 6:30 I went to the kitchen. Suzette already put potatoes in the oven to roast and had made a baked zucchini and yellow squash casserole with bread crumbs and pine nuts and glazed carrots.

I sliced mushrooms, a shallot, and 1/4 of a Vidalia onion plus the leftover three basil purée Suzette had made for the squash casserole.

While sautéed the mushrooms,Suzette grilled the steak to medium rare and I went to the cellar to find an older bottle of wine. I selected a 2008 Wellington Morehardt Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon that had lost much of its fruit but increased in vibrancy for an hour after we opened it and had a noticeable tannin flavor.

I could eat very little of my dinner even though it was delicious.

After dinner we watched three episodes of the Five Star Weekend series on Peacock and ate some chocolate with the last glass of wine and went to bed at 9:30.

Bon Appetit