We originally bought a few bunches of bok choy with an eye to making a vegetarian dish for our family Sunday dinner; but schedules diverged. We wanted to wait on the big meal we had planned (more on that in a few posts) so I turned to J. Kenji López-Alt’s new wok cook book “The Wok: Recipes and Techniques” for an idea of what to do with the vegetable. I found a recipe for Chinese broccoli but the notes say bok choy would be a suitable replacement.
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Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Title Beneath a Scarlet Sky Author Mark Sullivan Copyright 2017 Type Historical Fiction View/Purchase Amazon Finished Reading March 15, 2022 Rating ★★★ After finishing “The Rose Code” by Kate Quinn I quite unintentionally picked up another book about individuals in World War II who worked under cover. Like the hackneyed saying has it; if you… Continue reading Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Wood Duck Neighbors
Our friend and neighbor Jon came over around February to clean out the Wood Duck box. If you are a snarking English major like me you are probably asking is that a wooden box for any kind of duck? No it’s a wooden nesting box for Wood Ducks. We haven’t seen a lot of activity this year but on the last day of March a mating pair checked out the accommodations.
Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge in late Winter
Carla and I took a late winter hike at the Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge
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Serious Eats Grilled Chicken Wings
I’ve adapted J. Kenji López-Alt’s Oven-Fried Buffalo Wings Recipe (per his notes) for the grill. We had our family Super Bowl party and a yoga group happy hour the next week so I cooked the recipe using two two-zone cooking techniques. Let’s get into it. Continue reading…
