Sunday, July 28, 2024

new plants for hummingbird, a vintage book about herbs

7-22--28-2024


DINNERS ---  Northern Chinese chive pockets | Shanghai style wine and soy braised short ribs with star anise | sauteed roma beans | steamed xiao long bao | bitter melon and baby squid | silken tofu with thousand-year cured egg | mango and passion fruit cake 
WInery wine tasting --- Boxwood WInery VA , wine, cheese and bread  board 











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new addition to  garden 
mostly for hummingbirds who visit daily






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a book about herbs 
first edition  published eighty years ago 


Sunday, July 21, 2024

food from Italy and Spain

7-15--21-2024 


DINNERS --- pasta with radicchio and zucchini and mushroom | prosciutto de parma | don bocarte anchoas del cantabrico |  burrata with basil and tomato | pizza margherita | pizza artichoke hearts | fresh corn porridge | baked whole bronzino  














*** National Portrait Gallery visit ***
for the performance of Moveius Comtemp. Dance 



 
  • first time injury in ballet chaine turns, a cautionary call.

Sunday, July 14, 2024

a summer feast for friends



7-08--14-2024


DINNER --- (for friends from Taipei)  guacamole and rye crackers | beer || gazpacho | burrata, tomato, basil with mint infused vinegar and olive oil | pickled cauliflower, carrotslemon, olives with fresh Sichuan pepper corn |cava ||  Syrian style eggplant relish with tomato, red onion, garlic, lemon juice, pine nuts, spices and fresh herbs | red wine | broiled prawns | broiled Korean style beef short ribs | red wine ||  ice cream with nectarine and cherries 
BREAKFAST --- (for friends from Taipei)  espresso | baguette | French and Italian cheese plate | croissant | raspberries and blueberries  | watermelon 

COOKING ---  silken tofu and thousand-year-cured duck egg | stir-fried chive flowers and cured tofu | sauteed Taiwan silk gourd with tofu skin rolls and beech mushroom | manila clams with silken tofu and green onion | BBQ corn | BBQ chicken wings 

OUTING --- Shepherdstown WV, American Contemporary Theater Festival 

GARDENING --- an inventory of deep summer flowers 







after the storm

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Shepherdstown
Hypnocoffee  Roastery is long gone 

inside  Rock Hill Creamery 

Marinoff Theater 

waiting for the show to start 



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绿肥红瘦











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in the garden 



the first success from seeds to flowers 
(seeds collected in Seattle last fall )


bee balm over 5 feet tall 

fennel for flowers 

transplant from neighborhood sidewalk 


bee visit