Poblano soup. Combo plate of chile relleno , chicken, black beans, cilantro rice, and a small salad. Chips and salsa. Iced tea.

SNA-DEN. Apricot coconut bite.Parmesan crisps. Hot tea.

Beef ribs and peanut slaw. And a couple of the sweet potato fries.

Miso soup. Seaweed salad. Shishito peppers. Salmon, albacore, tuna, and salmon roe nigiri. Sushi rolls. Honey shrimp. Garlic edamame. Fried calamari. Sharing a small plates lunch.

Seafood omelet and orange wedges

Lettuce “tacos” with pork, beans, salsa, cheese, and cilantro.

Chicken salad with grapes and walnuts.

Crab and green onion omelette.

Greek chicken with onion rings and lemon chicken soup.

Sunny side up eggs and a pan fried trout with hashbrowns. Splitting a delicious cinnamon roll. Iced tea.

Margarita with Don Julio. Guacamole with chips and salsa. Chile relleno with beans.

Unbelievably delicious cinnamon roll. Calamari and eggs with hashbrowns. Biscuits and gravy.

Nuts, seeds, chocolate chips, and peanut butter.

Dirty martini. Brown bread with butter. Caesar salad. Lamb chops with chimichurri green beans, and onion rings.

Chicken fried chicken with eggs and fruit. Cinnamon roll.

Crab in garlic butter!

Fried eggs, spinach burger patty, fruit cup, and bagel with butter and cream cheese.

Veggies and onion dip.

Chicken mushroom lettuce wrap sandwich with onion rings.

Egg drop soup, egg roll, shrimp with egg, lamb with cabbage, and green beans.

Crab omelette and sliced orange.

Caesar salad. Grilled artichoke with lemon aioli. Iced tea.

In the California State Capitol cafeteria: bunless Italian sandwich and chips. And a delicious local candy from the office of a central California legislator.

Eggs, bacon, sausage, fruit.

CFCA Tequila tasting and dinner. Grand Mayan triple silver distilled tequila. Codigo 1530 resposado. Blue corn tortilla chip with Guacamole. Poblano chili and a cheese blue corn taco. San Matias gran Reserve tequila (my favorite). Oaxacan Old Fashioned (Benesin mescal, Aztec chocolate bitters, Frieda Kahlo anejo tequila, Orange zest essence, and a maraschino cherry). Salad with raspberry dressing and almonds, chicken enchilada, refried beans, steak with peppers.