Hello from sunny PA, where I continue to feed two w̶i̶l̶d̶ ̶&̶ ̶c̶r̶a̶z̶y̶ mildly interesting middle-aged folks.
Last night we had a buddy over for Sichuan hot pot.
Today I am hosting the last potluck of the year for my group of home cooks, for which a dear friend of mine provides her clubhouse. I have no idear what folks are going to bring, but I’m making the NYT cheesy white bean & tomato bake bc I’m feeling lazy AF.
Tomorrow might see me thaw one of the fishies in the freezer below: we have golden tilefish and rockfish, neither of which I’ve ever prepared before, so if y’all have some favorite recipes I’d love to hear them 
Tuesday will be something easy, as we leave for Philly the next day. My dude’s got some stuff at Princeton, which is as good an excuse as any to visit one of our favorite cities 
Wednesday we’ll keep it low-key & likely hit up Chinatown for either XLB or Peking Duck.
Thursday my PIC is off to Princeton until Friday afternoon, so I’ll be on my own. Meeting a friend who moved to the big bad city a while ago for lunch to catch up & also retrieve a bunch of clothes a mutual friend left at his hotel room when he last visited the city, and I volunteered to grab them and get them back to him
Meeting @Bigley9 for dinner, but we haven’t yet determined where. I’m flex and will follow her lead.
Friday my boo and I have a rez at Little Fish, a teeny tiny BYOB in Queen Village we went to before and loved it. The octopus is calling my name, and we may have to add it to the prix fixe if it’s not too much food…
Saturday we’ll do some serious food shopping at the Italian market, i.e. smoked fish (and maybe trout roe) from Biederman’s, assorted cheeses from DiBruno’s, ricotta ravs from Talluto’s, and cookies from Isgro’s for my cookie monster PIC 
The fabulous @Bigley9 was also nice enough to grab a few frozen packages of that ridiculously delish Lao sausage from the SEA market for us, so we’ll swing by en route home.
As you can see, a very food-centric visit (no durr!) — like every visit to Philly.
Weekend dinners TBD, likely from the bounty we’re taking home with us.
