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Posted on October 25, 2019October 25, 2019

Useful-Delicious Has a New Home

I’ve decided to give my blog a new name: alia.link. Much shorter and easier to remember! All new content will be published there, and all … Read More ›

A clearcut swath of forest
Trees, useful

How to Fix Our Mess

Posted on October 6, 2019October 23, 2019
Large badminton birdie art installation
useful

Let the Badminton Begin!

It has been a while since I have posted, so I need to get into the rhythm of posting regularly again. This post is a … Read More ›

Posted on September 10, 2019
Sunset over the clearcut, looking towards the Olympic mountains
philosophy, Trees

Sunset Over the Apocalypse

The logging machines are gone. The searing & crashing have stopped. The beeping and loading have stopped. They have hauled away everything they legally could, … Read More ›

Posted on June 10, 2019October 6, 2019
Douglas fir stump bleeding sap
Trees

My Nightmare

If you love the forest, as I do, if you own a piece of forested property, perhaps you have had this nightmare: someone is cutting … Read More ›

Posted on May 27, 2019October 6, 2019
A woman relaxes waiting for her flight from PAE airport
travel

Painless Travel at Everett’s Paine Field

We were excited to hear about Alaska Airlines starting new service from Everett’s Paine Field airport. For people who live in the north Puget Sound … Read More ›

Posted on May 2, 2019May 2, 2019
Sunset adobo in a serving bowl
delicious, food

Sunset Adobo: A Stew for All Seasons

Let’s say you have a crowd to feed. An international crowd, with a potpourri of people who like spicy food. Sunset Adobo is what you … Read More ›

Posted on April 22, 2019
Birthday baklava
delicious

They Say It’s Your Birthday

It’s my birthday, too, yeah… I’m not having a party — it’s just my 61st. Nothing to get all excited about, but I’m still here! … Read More ›

Posted on April 16, 2019April 17, 2019
Pakistani karhai chicken & zucchini on rice serving suggestion
delicious, food

Pakistani Karhai Chicken & Zucchini

The key to Pakistani cooking is thoroughly frying the onions. There: I’ve given the world yet another of my culinary secrets. Not “softened”, not “transparent”. … Read More ›

Posted on April 5, 2019April 19, 2019
Vegan shwarma sandwich
delicious, food

Portobello Shawarma: A Postcard From Veggiestan

British restaurateur Sally Butcher, despite her surname, wrote a wonderful vegetarian cookbook called “Veggiestan“. She and her Iranian husband have a Persian deli in southeast … Read More ›

Posted on April 1, 2019April 1, 2019
carrot bread on cutting board
delicious, food

That Seventies Carrot Bread

This carrot bread recipe I found in the mid 1970s in Seventeen magazine. I don’t know if carrot bread was invented then or if it … Read More ›

Posted on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019
carrot-red lentil soup and slice of bread
delicious, food, philosophy

Carrot-Red Lentil Soup

Back when we started the Teahouse Kuan Yin, I objected to soup. My partner in the business was a strong believer in the power of … Read More ›

Posted on March 22, 2019
A French Village TV series publicity photo
delicious, philosophy

The French TV Series We Can’t Stop Watching

When offerings on Netflix and Prime don’t appeal, or the eternal-infernal roundy-roundy of low bandwidth buffering frustrates, there are always DVDs from the public library. … Read More ›

Posted on March 18, 2019July 16, 2019
Kebab watching us leave from back of the car
travel, useful

Finding a Petsitter You Can Trust When You Travel

About a year ago, we ran out of people to impose Kebab our Corgi upon while we travel. Family and friends had all done their … Read More ›

Posted on March 14, 2019March 14, 2019
a pig-shaped planter pot
travel

A Pig Surprise

It’s the Chinese Year of the Pig this year, which reminded me of a pig surprise we had on the Stanley side of Hong Kong … Read More ›

Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019
White mushroom lasagna served with salad
delicious, food

White Mushroom Lasagna

“Are the mushrooms white?”, asked Bill, logically. Well, no, they’re brown, I explained, but it is a “white” lasagna in that it has a white … Read More ›

Posted on February 24, 2019February 25, 2019
raw blue prawns
food, philosophy

No Ethical Way to Eat Shrimp

I have come to the conclusion that there just is no ethical way to eat shrimp. (Calling them prawns won’t change that either.) Harvested by … Read More ›

Posted on February 1, 2019
Galette des Rois
delicious, food

The Kings’ Pastry

I had just been reading about the French custom of celebrating Epiphany (January 6) with a special pastry called a Galette des Rois, or Pastry … Read More ›

Posted on January 15, 2019March 9, 2019
travel

Where We’re NOT This Christmas Eve

We had planned on visiting Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park on Christmas Eve this year, as we have done in the past. However, … Read More ›

Posted on December 24, 2018
Salmon and eggplant in 3flavour sauce
delicious, food

Amy Wong’s Three-Flavour Sauce

This is another handy sauce from Amy Wong’s Savoury Sauces: Favourite Cooking Hacks, which I bought in Penang a few years ago. But there are … Read More ›

Posted on December 12, 2018December 12, 2018

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Recent Posts

  • Useful-Delicious Has a New Home
  • How to Fix Our Mess
  • Let the Badminton Begin!
  • Sunset Over the Apocalypse
  • My Nightmare
  • Painless Travel at Everett’s Paine Field
  • Sunset Adobo: A Stew for All Seasons

A cup of tea at an unusual hour

  • Tea tasting after a long drive in tea area of Chiang Rai, Thailand
    Tea tasting after a long drive in tea area of Chiang Rai, Thailand
  • Tea on the Grand Union Canal, Britain, 1944
    Tea on the Grand Union Canal, Britain, 1944
  • Tea pouring from a tetsubin
    Tea break
  • Tea in Istanbul
    Tea in Istanbul
  • A "cappucino" made with green tea in Nong Khai, Thailand
    A matchappino in Nong Khai, Thailand
  • Morning tea on the dock at Lake Crescent
    Early morning tea at Lake Crescent, Washington, USA
  • Persian tea with rock sugar swirlers
    Persian tea with rock sugar swirlers
  • Drinking tea in Aleppo, Syria; image by James Gordon
    Drinking tea in Aleppo, Syria; by James Gordon
  • Sipping a cuppa in Ethiopia; by Ron Waddington
    Sipping a cuppa in Ethiopia; by Ron Waddington
  • Tea, phone, camera; by curiousbino
    Tea, phone, camera; by curiousbino
  • The Samovar, by William Paxton, 1926
    The Samovar, by William Paxton, 1926
  • Waiting for the eclipse
    Waiting for the eclipse
  • Tea at totality in Poulsbo, WA, USA
    Tea at totality in Poulsbo, WA, USA. It seemed much darker, but you had to be there...
  • Tea in Russia, ca 1930
    Tea in Russia, ca 1930
  • Kolkata tea break, by Rangan Datta
    Kolkata tea break, by Rangan Datta
  • Bed tea for the Queen
    Bed tea for the Queen
  • Campfire tea
    Campfire tea

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