30 Jun, 2005
I was rather amused by the amount of reader reaction to my earlier post on avocados so the first chance I got, (zooming by a Batangas roadside fruit vendor–the ones nearer the actual fruit trees, not the ones in Tagaytay selling Divisoria sourced fruit) I bought 4 kilos of avocados and set out to…
30 Jun, 2005
This week I am in a “clear out the fridge and kitchen modeâ€. Take leftover ingredients or unused ingredients and use them up. Three cups of leftover coconut milk from the second pressing of coconuts (first pressing used for an incredibly spicy Bicol Express) and some sliced saba bananas were thrown into…
29 Jun, 2005
When there is really fresh squid at the market it’s time to take out the grill… Here is one of the simplest dishes I can think of to make but it is also incredibly delicious. Start with very fresh squid and clean out the “bone†or the long clear plastic looking structure…
29 Jun, 2005
Fresh small to medium sized squid are delicious if properly cooked. Squid is one of the most plentiful creatures and sources of food in the ocean; billions of them are munched on by fellow ocean dwellers while humans harvest an incredible amount to eat as well. Perhaps the biggest consumer is Japan,…
28 Jun, 2005
On rainy, stormy days I look for soup. Not necessarily soups that have taken hours and hours to develop really deep flavors but just a satisfying soup that can serve as a meal in itself. Here is a really easy recipe for a soup that I always find satisfying… kundol soup a…
27 Jun, 2005
After drinking the juice of all those terrific Sagada oranges I wrote about a few days ago, I had a fridge full of about 25 orange peels – and the best thing I could think of to make with them was candied orange peel. Candied orange peel is absolutely delicious, and actually,…
26 Jun, 2005
Last week we had a dinner party at home and I decided to get a little fancier than usual with this composed salad that followed a cold seafood plate appetizer and preceded some beef tenderloin. I got the basic concept from a lunch at Café Daniel in New York last month. The…
26 Jun, 2005
My mother was born in Cebu and summered in Bohol and she had a pretty good handle on ube jam or haleya, whichever you prefer. And our ube jam was always a tad less purple than anything we purchased in a grocery, ate in a restaurant as part of a dessert, etc. …