Spicy Asian Beef Noodle Soup

Its the 4th of July weekend and this is the FIRST time in 15 years that Mike and I are not celebrating 4th of July in Long Beach, WA; and as nice as a weekend on the beach would have been, the timing couldn’t have been better to skip Long Beach this year since it…

Asian style beef stuffed pineapple

Its August now and we are still living in the surreal world of Covid, its kind of like an alternate universe, something you’ve seen in a sci-fi movie and can’t believe its really happening to you. For months now I work from home and fate had it that I had to drive into the office…

Fragrant Duck with Plum Sauce on Bao Buns

Good Bye fun Christmas time!! Since I just posted an extensive blog about the last 3 months nothing exciting to report – it was more a “sobering” week than exciting. The Seahawks lost against the Dallas Cowboys – unnecessary in my humble opinion; we “de-holidized” the house and took all the lights down, put the…

Sweet and Sour Pork

Is it spring yet? Geez I can’t take these gloomy doomy rainy Seattle days any longer – 9 months of winter is just TOO much!  But since I am trying not to be such a complainer I have found a way to crack myself up every morning by feeding my dogs their vitamins (yep my dogs…