We just installed this barn owl nest box in our yard, hoping to attract a pair of rodent-eating owls.

All that's left of the boeuf bourguignon.

Finished sauce meets the beef, onions and mushrooms.

My first beurre manie. Kinda like playdoh made with butter and flour.

Mushrooms and pearl onions cooked and waiting for the beef.

Beef ready to go into oven.

After drying each piece, beef is browned in hot oil that is not smoking.

Yesterday was Julia Childs' birthday. Today I am twittering my way through her boeuf bourguignon.