18 Apr2018
My first attempt at dried flying fish or dibang, here, yielded so-so results.
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POSTED IN: Fish, General, Main Courses, Seafood
17 Apr2018
It happens less often now, but I have a history of eating something wonderful (and often deceptively simple) and wondering if I can replicate it at home to ensure availability.
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POSTED IN: Fish, General, Main Courses, Seafood
09 Apr2018
We were at the beach last week, with a very good old friend (and his family) from high school that hadn’t been back to Manila in 36 years since we graduated from high school.
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POSTED IN: General, Main Courses, Seafood, Shellfish
08 Mar2018
The house is awash with tamarind puree.
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POSTED IN: Fish, Fruit, General, Main Courses, Seafood
06 Mar2018
I worked in Jakarta for the better part of 5 years, on and off. And at around 3 or 4 pm in the afternoon, the administrative staff on our floor would often head down to the street to pick up a snack or merienda. During the summer months, when fruit was in season, they often came back up to their desks and unraveled a waxed paper bundle with this pungent fruit salad called “rujak”.
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POSTED IN: Fruit, General, Snacks, Vegetable/Salads
11 Feb2018
Mrs. MM and I officially called Singapore our home for nearly 5 years in the early 90’s.
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POSTED IN: General, Rice/Noodle/Starches
01 Feb2018
That I captured this image on a basic point and shoot camera, hand-held (with the shakiest of hands), amazes me.
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POSTED IN: General
21 Jan2018
We eat a lot of hummus in our household.
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POSTED IN: Appetizers, Fish, General, Vegetable/Salads
Older Posts
20 Jan, 2018 by Marketman
Getting up close to a glacier has been on my “bucket list” for several years.
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POSTED IN: General
19 Jan, 2018 by Marketman
Things I might have in the fridge or larder…
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POSTED IN: General, Other Food Products, Kitchen Equipment, Etc., Other Recipes
19 Nov, 2017 by Marketman
This is my recipe for homemade pancetta.
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POSTED IN: General, Meat, Other Recipes, Pork
10 Oct, 2017 by Marketman
Later this year marks our 25th Wedding Anniversary, a feat few manage to achieve in this day of less formal living arrangements and seemingly five-year renewal “contracts” between couples. :)
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POSTED IN: General
25 Sep, 2017 by Marketman
Rarely have I tried to replicate something I have never ever cooked before and end up with results this good, the first time around.
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POSTED IN: General, Other Produce/Ingredients, Seafood, Snacks
16 Aug, 2017 by Marketman
The blog’s been quiet lately, but you can follow our progress through Kyoto, Naoshima and Osaka on my instagram account @therealmarketman or if you don’t want to sign up for instagram, just go to…
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POSTED IN: Travel & Leisure
30 Jul, 2017 by Marketman
So here is the step-by-step instructions for the santol jam that I posted on my instagram account @therealmarketman that elicited so many private messages/requests for the recipe.
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POSTED IN: Desserts/Baked Goods/Sweets, General
03 Jul, 2017 by Marketman
Andrew Carmellini’s recipe for an ‘Nduja carbonara or “Calabrian Carbonara” in a recent Food & Wine Magazine was the tipping point to hunt down the ingredient from Italy and see what it was like.
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POSTED IN: General, Main Courses, Pork, Rice/Noodle/Starches
