Inspired by how wonderfully the suman with dulce de leche dipping sauce turned out, I decided to create a similar dessert (or snack) using practically the same ingredients — sticky rice, homema...
It’s a cool day, the girls are back in their condo, it’s time to unwind adult-style. Lunch was something that Speedy and I like (the girls tend to monopolize the choice of meals when they...
That day we had lunch at The Vegetarian Kitchen, we were chatting with one of the owners, Tita, and she mentioned the food in this blog and how everything looks great. Speedy and I felt there was an ...
In today’s world where health fads dictate that everyone ought to be conscious of his sodium intake, many cooks have developed the habit of adding no seasoning to the food during cooking. Inste...
There are many misconceptions about leche flan. One, that it is the Filipino version of crème brûlée. It is not, actually. Leche flan is the Filipino version of crème caramel, not crème brûlée. The d...
I’m a little weird when it comes to my coffee and tea habits. I can’t drink my coffee black — I need to add sugar and cream or milk. But with tea, it’s the complete opposite. ...
One of the most disgusting practices in the local food industry is how advertising rarely gives us a true picture of the product. For instance, if we look at the flyers and print ads of fast food cha...
If I had saffron water to drizzle over the rice after cooking, and if I had used cashew nuts instead of peanuts, this would be a more authentic biryani. Well, whatever “authentic” means c...
If you Google “Hainanese Delights”, the results will give you the web sites of (1) a restaurant in Penang, Malaysia and (2) write-ups and the Facebook page of a Philippine restaurant with...
I love pot pies. I love the surprise hidden underneath the golden crust, I love the steam that hits your face as you break through the crust, I love the contrast between the flaky crust and the cream...
It was Sam who gave us our first taste of watermelon iced tea. She cut seedless watermelon into small cubes, dropped them into glasses of iced tea, gave Speedy and me each a glass and, oh wow, were w...
Armed with the information that saluyot is slimy, I combined the saluyot leaves with spinach to make a chunky soup that wouldn’t be too slimy that Speedy and Sam wouldn’t touch it. As it ...
It doesn’t have the prettiest name in the world. Even from the auditory standards of a native Filipino speaker like me, saluyot conjures images of something dark and musty and… Okay, mayb...
If you follow health and medical research news, you might be interested in findings that drinking coffee regularly can lower the risk of depression among Asian women. It has to do with the effect of....
Some soups are so hearty that they can be the main dish. We have a lot of that in the Philippines where, as a practice, we don’t serve the soup ahead of the main dish. Soups dishes like tinola,...
We bought a pack of seafood balls and sticks — the kind one often finds at shabu-shabu restaurants. Then, I bought a pack of soup bones. When we got home, I made broth from the soup bones (like...
The avocado was supposed to go into sushi but I cooked all the Japanese rice we had to make oyakudon. Sam looked at the lonely avocado ruefully, suggested that we make a salad with it then she... [[ ...
Sam likes buying those frozen seafood balls in the grocery — fish balls, squid balls, shrimp balls, prawn balls, crab balls, lobster balls… I always ask her to choose fish balls over the....
It has a graham cracker crust and it is baked but at a lower temperature and without the baine marie. It has all the traditional ingredients for a cheesecake — cream cheese, cream, sugar and......
Commenting on the deteriorating interest in home cooking, the program mix on The Food Network and the Cooking Channel, and the general dumbing down of the public, Seattle Times nutrition columnist......
If you Google “melon cocktail”, you’ll find that there are two categories. The first is an alcoholic drink; the second is a dessert. This falls under the second category. But while....
According to Tastefully Done, age means deep fried and dashi, of course, is the stock made with bonito flakes and kelp. Hence, agedashi tofu. For me, it’s the queen of tofu dishes. Squares of.....
When Sam’s in the mood, she makes magic in the kitchen. She browsed the web for instructions on how to make mochi, I gave her a bag of glutinous rice flour and she made pink mochi with a bowl,....
Saturday night, we went out to see The Avengers. Alex had seen it with her school friends on opening day because, well… she had to be among the first. It’s a Robert Downey, Jr. thing.... ...
Okra has a bad reputation in our house. So bad a reputation that I’m the only one that eats it. Speedy’s and the girls’ complaint? Okra is slimy. Okra makes them think of snot and.....
Teaching Speedy how to love okra. I might start with one of these three beautiful okra dishes: okra fries (microwave recipe), breaded fried okra and okra sabzi. [[ This is a content summary only. Vis...
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No, milk and other dairy products aren’t bad for you. Choose low fat and you’ll live healthier — maybe, even longer — according to a Swedish study. [[ This is a content summar...
Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. ~ Jim Davis [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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