island farmer's market

8-19-2017 Sat.  


 LUNCH --- ( at E. bookstore, Seattle)  avocado toast | beet ice cream
AFTERNOON-TEA-TIME --- ( on the ferry )  tater tots   
DINNER --- baked king salmon | zucchini fritters | sauteed sweet corn and red pepper |  fig and goat cheese | boiled new potatoes | kale and quinoa with onion,resins and nuts | wine

•  island has everything fresh in the summer 

American breakfast & Nepalese dinner

8-18-2017 Fri. 


 BREAKFAST --- ( at Dennis' ) turkey bacon |  toast | scrambled eggs | coffee | juice   DINNER ---  ( at Vashon ) Nepalese food: chicken curry, stewed beans, spinach, mixed color rice 

•  cross the mountain and sea, in one day

 

between land and sea

10-07-2016 Fri.  


 DINNER --- ( on V. Island) vegetable soup | potato | cauliflower | salmon | wine 

• island autmn

salmon burger and shishito

11-10-2015 Tue. chilly, clouds.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( island )  salmon burger | salad | chips |  pan-fried shishito | pumpkin bread 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- ( island ) bean and vegetable soup | pumpkin bread

 

•  
• burger lunch with a couple of twists, Seattle island special

Xaio-long-bao hype

11-09-2015 Mon. chilly, rain.


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( at Din Tai Fung, Seattle ) Xiao long bao | seaweed and tofu salad | clear noddle and tofu puff soup | soup noodle with pickled mustard green |  vegetable wonton in sichuan sauce | stir-fried green beans | woolong tea 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- coffee
DINNER --- ( on the island ) bean and tomato soup | salad | homemade whole wheat bread | wine 

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• D.T.F. the international presence of Xiao Long Bao.  not as good as true Shanghai version. 

• the island, silent and beautiful as always

western cross

9-08-2013 Sun. warm, sunny. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread  | blueberries
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( on plane ) sandwich | blueberries
DINNER --- olives | wine 

• ferry back to mainland

market by Midlife Crisis Farmers

9-07-2013 Sat. mild, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade bread |fruit salad
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- blueberries 
DINNER --- ( cooked using food from the island market ) fresh Chanterelle  mushroom soup with fresh new garlic, fresh sage, toasted baguette and poached egg |  new potatoes sauteed with onion | sauteed Japanese eggplants with new garlic and cilantro | sauteed scarlet running beans | broiled coho salmon and Alaska black cod with fresh ginger and lemon | wine 

 

• splendid farmer's market, vegetables in rainbow colors and wide verities. bought a big  selection, part for a birthday dinner, part for carrying back to the east coast. 
• Alaska black cod is excellent, super tender and sweet, but not as flaky as their Atlantic relatives.