Tag: Sudbury

  • Backyard Wings, Finally Some Sun

    Backyard Wings, Finally Some Sun

    Late July 2026, grass visible in the background instead of a kitchen table — the wings finally made it outside. Whatever the occasion, backyard-plus-blue-sky-plus-wings is close to an unbeatable combination, and this archive has been waiting a long time for one entry to actually happen outdoors. Recipe inspiration for your own backyard batch: RecipeTin Eats’…

  • An April Plate, No Notes

    An April Plate, No Notes

    Late April 2026, a single plate, nothing especially notable except that at this point the pattern itself has become the story: a household that reliably, dependably, makes wings, season after season, without needing a reason. Recipe inspiration: Inspired Taste’s Crispy Baked Hot Wings.

  • Wings and Onion Rings, a Package Deal

    Wings and Onion Rings, a Package Deal

    February 2026, and this time the plate came with onion rings riding along — a fry-night expansion pack that, frankly, should happen more often. The rings look properly golden, which is its own small kitchen victory. Recipe inspiration for the wings half: Budget Bytes’ Buffalo Wings. The onion rings are a project for another post.

  • November Wings, As Is Tradition

    November Wings, As Is Tradition

    Another November, another plate, another entry in what is by now an undeniable seasonal pattern. Some households have a Thanksgiving pie tradition. This household has whatever this is. Recipe inspiration: Budget Bytes’ Buffalo Wings.

  • The Most Recent Entry, Sudbury, April 2025

    The Most Recent Entry, Sudbury, April 2025

    The newest pizza in this whole 15-year archive — April 2025, Sudbury, Massachusetts, photographed close-up on a wire rack in a style that would look right at home next to any of this blog’s more recent wing posts. Full circle: the same photography habits that built the wing archive apparently started with pizza, over a…

  • The Burst-Mode Incident

    The Burst-Mode Incident

    Three nearly identical photos, taken seconds apart, at the same desk, of the same plate of wings. I can only assume the phone’s burst mode got triggered by accident, or I was testing a new angle and forgot to stop. Either way, posterity now has this batch documented from three barely-different perspectives, which feels like…

  • New Year, Same Wings

    New Year, Same Wings

    Twelve days into 2025, and whatever resolutions may have been floated at midnight clearly didn’t touch the wing habit. A plate, a fork (a fork! rare for this archive), some carrots for the health-conscious veneer of it all. Recipe inspiration: Budget Bytes’ Buffalo Wings.

  • Three Angles of the Same Plate, Because I Was Proud of It

    Three Angles of the Same Plate, Because I Was Proud of It

    November 2024, and this batch got the full photoshoot treatment — three separate angles of the same plate of deep-orange, well-charred wings, because apparently I nailed the color on this one and wanted proof from multiple angles. No notes. This is what confidence looks like. Recipe inspiration for chasing that same color: RecipeTin Eats’ Truly…

  • An October Batch, Nothing Fancy

    An October Batch, Nothing Fancy

    Two photos, one plate, late October 2024 — a straightforward batch with no particular story attached, which after this many entries has become its own kind of tradition. Sometimes the wings don’t need an occasion. They are the occasion. Recipe inspiration: Inspired Taste’s Crispy Baked Hot Wings.

  • Sudbury Pub Wings, Served on the Obituaries

    Sudbury Pub Wings, Served on the Obituaries

    A red plastic basket lined with what is, on close inspection, a page from the Boston Globe — specifically, the obituary section, dated around March 2024. I want to be extremely clear that I do not think this was intentional editorial commentary from the kitchen, just a local pub reusing yesterday’s paper as basket liner,…