Sunday, August 24, 2025

fresh corn clam chowder, crispy seasoned rice with tuna

8-18--24-2025 



a couple of good recipes from NYT Cooking 


fresh corn cod clam chowder 







crispy seasoned rice with canned tuna and garlic scape 


napa cabbage soup with tofu and beech mushroom 

pasta with radicchio, okra and roasted red pepper 

caramelized carrot and onion with herbs 

homemade baba ganoush 

drink and snacks 


pan-fried pork cutlet 
parboiled kale and garlic
sauteed silk gourd, tomato and king mushroom

homemade cranberry and apple scone 



food for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees 




Sunday, August 17, 2025

back to rolling board: homemade gnocchi and cottage-cheese bread

8-05--17-2025



post-travel home-sick 


home baked cottage cheese+dill+onion bread 

congee


home made gnocchi 

home made roasted red pepper+okra sauce 
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from farmer's market 

Korean beef short ribs 


Taiwanese style fried rice 

beansprouts and garlic scape 

 glorious trays  from Hinata 





soba 




late summer garden portraits 


at sunset 











Monday, August 4, 2025

summer along the north west coastline

7-28--8-04-2025 



 Vancouver 


Fanny Bay Oyster Bar 





to mountain 







Lebanese restaurant in the mountain town 


Vancouver Gastown 
local bakery and coffee 


an independent bookstore 




sunset in lighthouse park 


Korean and Japanese noodles in neighborhood restaurant 



in residence 


local fruits from Farm to Table Grocery 
on Marine Drive 



a new device for music 

a finding on the bookshelf 

in the garden 

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drink to the fading light 
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cross the border to south... 

wild blackberries from P's backyard 



Afghan food in Wallingford neighborhood 





I's new backyard 


Italian  food in Issaquah 

rail  history in Issaquah 
train station with mail bag swing hook 

log steam winch


Rt 11 north 

Bakery in Edison WA





future residence 
above wood workshop showroom 

Oyester Bar at Chuckanut 







Fairhaven WA 



cross back north

Richmond the new HK 

lamb soup 


shao-bing 

lamb cumin spicy skwer 


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