Sunday, February 22, 2026

Spring rolls for Lunar New Year, once a year deep frying

2-18--22-2025


COOKING --- deep-frying, pan-frying, stir-frying 


Shanghai style deep fried spring rolls 


pan-fried lotus root

fried tofu soup 

pan-fried northern Chinese chive pockets 


stir-fried  garlic scape and canton BBQ pork 

steamed whole bornzino with ginger chive sauce 

slow-cooked pulled pork and black beans 

nian-gao rice cake with bok choy and canton sausage 
shanghai style stewed kao-fu 

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sunflower seeds '
for leisure new year days 






Tuesday, February 17, 2026

dumplings and wontons for Lunar New Year

2-09-17-2026


DINNERS ---  welcome  the Year of Horse 

northern Shui Jiao 


sweet rice balls Tang Yuan 

southern Ji Cai Wonton 

bok choy

stew Kao-fu pot 

braised pork short rib
sichuan style spicy eggplant 

ramen with braised beef and pea shoots 


zucchini fritter

black beans with homemade sofrito 
pan-fried plantain 
chickpeas with vegetable ragu 
roasted vegetables 


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the remains of the snow day




Sunday, February 8, 2026

Winter Games

2-02--08-2026


Cooking and watching games --- 

Chinese taco 



for  Superbowl LX
baked Japanese sweet potato fries 
spanish potato chips 
  Mexican guacamole  
American chicken wings 

for Winter Olympics 
vegetable ragu prepration 

 
Japanese gyoza

Korean rice stick with beef and kinmchi 

baked bronzino

stir-fried Chinese celery and bean curd 

pasta with tomato sauce 

scrambled eggs with yellow chives

steamed shaomai 

pan-fried pork cutlet 
okra soup with yam noodle knots and mushroom 

long-jing tea 


snow still there

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