I finished mapping the sunlight for this year’s side steps planting project a few weeks ago, and today I prepped the beds. The only other thing to do between now and fall planting time is to test the drip irrigation.

For last week’s Pork and Shrimp Dumplings, I also made Kenji’s Homemade Dumpling Wrappers recipe from The Wok.

It worked fine. I’ll happily give it another try.

Last week I made the Pork and Shrimp Dumplings recipe from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s The Wok cookbook.

I thought these dumplings were very good. The steaming worked very well, and the post-steam panfry was very easy and delicious also. 4 stars ★★★★☆

Last week I made the Easy Tortilla “Jian Bing” recipe from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s The Wok cookbook.

The flavors were familiar to my US breakfast palate, but with a note of something unfamiliar, I think from the hoisin. Very good, 4 stars ★★★★☆