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Cancer Patients

I have set up the inn with a full purpose in mind which is to offer a place of peace for people to come to restore and do away with the pollution of life. During the years I have opened the inn which has been since August of 2006, I have had many different kinds of guests who have come to stay at the inn for different reasons. I have made friends and kept in touch with almost all of them.

However, I never imagined losing any of them through death. I have lost two, one who was quite healthy during his visit with his wife and in-laws. He passed away suddenly in November 2009 which I was very sad to hear of the news. The other was a cancer patient whose sister wanted to take her to a spa or yoga center so after googling she found Kismet Inn and decided to stay at the inn in October 2008. They stayed for 3 nights, One stayed in Room 1 called Saffron, she was the one with cancer and the other sister who was taking care of her stayed in Room 3 called Safari. They enjoyed yoga and massage with dinner at the inn.

Here is a note I received from her sister today.
Dear Shadi, It is good to hear from you. Sadly I must tell you that Barbara passed away on November 24, 2009. She lived to see her daughter marry on September 26, but seemed to lose her purpose after that. We were sorry to see her pass on but knew that she would have peace in her journey. There was a bald eagle flying over her house the day she left us and an owl followed me out of her driveway hours later. She will be with me forever. I will always remember our visit to your Inn and how much better she felt when she left. Your company and your hospitality helped restore her energy and kept her going for a while longer.

I was honored and happy that I was able to offer the hospitality and care that I did. I miss Barbara and Bill ... I know they are both resting in peace... they were both good people.

3 Squash Rice Pie

Couple of weeks ago I bought Spaghetti, delicata and butternut squashes from the farmers market in Brunswick. I cooked the spaghetti squash first in the oven with cheese and onion but it tasted so bland that I decided to mix it with delicata and butternut squashes to make a paste or soup. So I baked the other two in the oven once cooked I peeled the skin and put them in the pot to cook with coconut flakes, curry powder, salt and pepper. Once they were cooked I decided to put it in the mixer but when I was removing the mixer to pour out the mix into the pot to put the other batch in, it spilled because I removed the wrong part of the mixer. I was discouraged by the incident and had to go to a meeting so I left the remaining part in the pot.

Once I got back from the meeting I decided to make it into a lima bean squash dish so I added some dried organic lima bean I had and let it cook. Once it was cooked I decided to add some white basmati rice to give it some thickness but this turned out to be a bit too mooshy for my taste. I was also taking it to a potluck which I didn't want to represent Kismet Inn Bed and Breakfast with a mooshy rice so I decided to make a pie out of it and call it 'Three Squash Rice Pie'

I fried onions in ghee, covered the pie with it, sprinkled some cinnamon on top then put it in the oven for 45 minutes. It turned out excellent.

Wonton Soup

Today at the Kismet Inn bed and breakfast --- Chris Toy a local Chinese born raised in the States does cooking classes in Bath area as a hobby. We are thinking of having Chinese - Cantonese style dinners at the inn. Yesterday he came over and was kind enough to make some wanton soup with Chinese meatloaf for me to taste his cooking. It was delicious... thanks Chris. Here are some photos.

Vegetalbe Casserole

Tonight I made a wonderfully delicious vegetable casserole for my guests which was completely finished. I layered onions, beets, garlic, carrots, parsnips, salsify, apples and raisins. Added salt pepper and my home made chicken broth. Served it with fried rice to which I added just eggs, soy sauce and instead of ses...ame or peanut oil I added ghee which gave it a different flavor.

Tempe &

Well, first I want to say that I have been shoveling quite a bit of snow lately. Yesterday, two times and today once. It is 8:34 p.m. it is snowing again. I love snow it brings much quiet and peace. It gives lots of time to reflect.

After shoveling and clearing up the snow, I made spicy tempeh for my guests. It was my first time making tempeh. I have to say it turned out quite delicious, every single piece was eaten. I fried onions, garlic, ginger in coconut oil then added the tempeh which I had bought from Farmers Market in Brunswick. It is locally grown organic tempeh which was good. I added dried pepper, curry, turmeric and couple of other spices with a bit of water let it cook for about ten minutes then added dried coconut, roasted seeds let it simmer for just a few minutes turned it off added mango. Served it with white basmati rice made with saffron. The salad was 3 different kinds of cabbage, carrots, celeriac root marinated in salt, pepper, olive oil, one fresh lemon, touch of balsamic vinegar. Green tea was served as beverage.

MLK Weekend.

The weekend of Martin Luther King at the Kismet Inn Bed and Breakfast was a very interesting one. I had 4 guests (two couples) for one night who had dinner and their wives had the exfoliation.

Richard and Sue arrived exactly same time as Keith and Tiffany. They were both coming from Massachusetts, one from Boston area and the other more to the west of the state. I was busy baking chocolate chip cookies and lemon short bread. I had already put the lamb shanks on the stove with the spices, fresh garlic, onion, soaked the rice and prepared the other ingredients for dinner.

I showed Keith and Tiffany to their room first which was guest room 5 called Sleigh Bedroom then showed Richard and Sue to their room which was at the other end called Saffron. Once they settled in their room they came back down made themselves comfortable in the library and tearoom while I continued to bake. I took them some warm, just out of the oven cookies with green tea. Around 4:30 Sue went to soak in the Japanese style deep soaking tub, she soaked in nice warm water with radiant heat floor so the soaking tub was warm with warm water and the door closed there was quite a bit of steam in the room. I went to exfoliate/scrub her body around 5:15, my goodness the dead skin came rolling off in fat, long inches. The scrubbing/exfoliating took about an hour then she pumice her feet, exfoliated her face, washed and was done with the process. Before getting dressed she put some oil on her then got dressed came downstairs for dinner.

For dinner I served cheese, water melon radishes, they are really interesting, they look just like watermelon, red inside with white edging, the taste is sharp and delicious. The guests loved it. Misso soup with leak, roasted beets, parsnips and carrots. The entree was lamb shacked cooked for 7 hours on very low heat without adding any water or broth to it. I made sure all the fat is off the shanks, then added turmeric, curry, salt, pepper, onion, garlic, rosemary to the shanks put the lid on and left it to cook on very low heat for 7 hours. The meat was tender, flavorful and juicy. The rice was made with white basmati rice, added lots of saffron, cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, slivered pistachio, slivered almonds, raisins, julienne carrots, orange peel and barberies. It was incredibly delicious. For desert I made blueberry crumpet with ginger and nutmeg.

Richard, Sue, Keith and Tiffany enjoyed dinner till late evening. They chose to eat together at the dinning room table conversing and enjoying each others company. The next day Richard and Sue wanted breakfast earlier so they had breakfast around 8:30, Keith and Tiffany had breakfast around 9:45 then. Richard and Sue left around 10:00, they were very happy with dinner, the exfoliation, breakfast and my hospitality. That is exactly what I am looking for.

Tiffany had her exfoliation around 11:00, she went up to soak in the steam shower, I went up to exfoliate/scrub her body. Just like Sue, dead skin came rolling off in fat, long inches. After the exfoliation Keith and Tiffany left. They too were very happy with everything. They had two young children both work so they were here to literally rest and they did. I loved meeting and serving them both as well as Richard and Sue.

I hope you, the reader will make your way to the Kismet Inn Bed and Breakfast sometime soon. It will be my honor to meet and host you.