Sunday, March 8, 2026

prelude of a warm spring

3-02--08-2026



COOKING and BAKING--- 

home baked Russian black bread 

Norwegian smoked salmon with shiso 

pan-fried pork cutlet and stir-fried cabbage 

simmered kabocha 
rice bowl with vegetables and egg

clam soup with fried tofu, 
beech mushroom and mountain yam noodles 

 Mexican red beans and pulled pork with chocolate mole 

pasta with radicchio, garlic scape and sausage 

stir-fried threaded daikon
parboiled Chinese greens
scrambled eggs with tomato 

boy choy soup with mushroom 

baked Japanese sweet potato fries

pan-fried gyoza 

shanghai-style soup Ji-cai wonton 



GARDEN and ART  --- 

garden cleaning #1 

#2


swamp magnolia seed pot with ink 
ink drawing using the seed pot 


the first blooms of the year 



OPERA,  new season, new venue ----- 

National Opera at Lisner 

Jazmine the red skirt dancer and the ballet teacher