31 Jul, 2005
The year 1983 was a turning point for the Philippines. On the 21st of August was the culmination of a man’s fight to gain his country’s freedom. The day Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. died, Filipinos everywhere were at last emboldened to find their voice to break from the shackles of fear. Ninoy joins…
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31 Jul, 2005
Ampalaya salad isn’t as bad as it sounds. More a relish than a dish, it pairs superbly with fried fish, lechon kawali or other sinfully fat filled partners. The reaction to my earlier ampalaya entries really got me thinking so today I did the heretofore unthinkable and made a raw ampalaya salad….
30 Jul, 2005
So many readers have expressed surprise over the availability western herbs that I use in some of my cooking. Others just lament the fact that finding the herbs is a needle in a haystack proposition. Frankly, it wasn’t an easy process to get to the current state of affairs herb-wise. In…
29 Jul, 2005
The discovery that dayap are indigenous to the Malay peninsula and probably an ancient citrus fruit here in the Philippines really had me on a roll the other day so I decided to try out a custard pie in the tradition of those famous “Key Lime Pies” of Southern Florida. This is a…
28 Jul, 2005
With this website I have learned something about food nearly every single day for the past six months. I never thought much about limes until a recent market jaunt where I saw two substantially different green citrus fruits labeled as “dayap.” I always thought “dayap” described what typically looked like green lemons until…
27 Jul, 2005
An unusual treatment of a “common” flower can jar the senses in a positive manner. Take red roses, for instance. Almost always delivered by the dozen, red roses with the longest stems are considered the most premium and thus the most expensive. This bias is so pronounced that growers are now resorting…
26 Jul, 2005
I have been on my South Forbes Diet for a week now and have lost about 4 pounds. But I am climbing the walls without any rice, bread, noodles, sugar, etc. I have eaten so much salad our pet rabbit is worried I am eating some of his rations. So, the…
25 Jul, 2005
A small arrangement of tightly packed roses is always a nice, classic gift to send someone for a special occasion. The other day at the wholesale flower market, I saw some nice deep pinkish roses and bought 3 bunches (about 72 stems total) for about PHP400. I cut off an inch from…