August 15th 2025
Menu
Jake’s little brother, Al, was in town, but only until Saturday so instead of Sunday dinner this week, we did Friday dinner! The menu was inspired by $1 oysters from Whole Foods on Fridays!
Cioppino
Peach made the Cioppino - no recipe, just all the seafood (scallops, shrimp, halibut, clams, and I’m sure something else I’m forgetting). It was acidic, tomato forward and very scrumptious.
Oysters
Al bought 4 dozen all different varieties. I wrote none of them down. One batch was questionable so I think we only ended up shucking (and eating) 3 dozen. We served them with a classic mignonette: brunoise shallots + red wine vinegar + salt & pepper
Lemon Buttermilk Sherbert
This was so good. It was a hot night and then we ate hot soup 🙃 and the combination of cold + citrus was the perfect end to this meal 👌🏻 I made it from this NYTimes recipe which calls it a “sorbet” but that feels wrong since there was dairy in it.
Spiced Pecans
Since dinner was on a Friday, I didn’t have enough time for a full blown take away treat, so I picked an easy treat - and Al and I had spoken earlier in the week about his love for pecans. These are more spicy than sweet, but definitely a fun host gift / homemade treat to put out!